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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.

Quincy Jones

Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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Children Come Music Upset
It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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Consciousness Myself Woman
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Economics Money Myself Racism
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Door Lock Mom Problem Security System
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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Choice Love Myself Player

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.

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