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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

My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
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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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Bad Myself Save Sing Song
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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Hope Imagination Myself Society Start
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
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
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
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
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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People Right Unfair Yourself
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
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
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School

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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