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A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!

Quincy Jones

I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
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
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
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
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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Artist Goodness Love Production Relationship Respect
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
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

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!

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