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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.

Quincy Jones

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics 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
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
I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
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
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
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
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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Better Life Move Myself Way
I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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Day Health Need Talk Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement 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
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
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
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
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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Beginning Day Father Greatness Myself Small
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
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
After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.
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Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself

I’d been in love before – I was always in love.

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