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> [Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/playing-the-game-and-unfortunately-playing-the-gangster-game-is-very/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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> [I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-was-raised-in-chicago-and-i-guess-that-was-one-of-the-special/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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> [Empty the cup every time and it comes back at twice as full. I developed that attitude when I was very, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/empty-the-cup-every-time-and-it-comes-back-at-twice-as-full-i/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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## Other authors on Gangster

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## More by Quincy Jones

> [It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/it-s-amazing-how-much-trouble-you-can-get-in-when-you-don-t-have/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/it-s-easy-to-get-next-to-music-theory-especially-between-your-peers/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/it-slaps-your-dignity-just-right-i-loved-the-idea-of-these-proud/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-was-inspired-by-a-lot-of-people-when-i-was-young-every-band-that/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [“The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country…If we had lost Oprah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/the-tragedy-of-tupac-is-that-his-untimely-passing-is-representative/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/when-you-re-over-the-hill-that-s-when-you-pick-up-speed/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [Imagine what a harmonious world it...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/imagine-what-a-harmonious-world-it/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a great story.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/thank-god-50-years-ago-i-learned-that-our-entire-business-is-all/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for movie scores.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/sidney-poitier-and-sidney-lumet-were-instrumental-in-helping-me-get/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/a-person-s-age-can-be-determined-by-the-degree-of-pain-he-experiences/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-met-ray-charles-at-14-and-he-was-16-but-he-was-like-a-hundred-years/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [ I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and \[Count\] Basie and \[Frank\] Sinatra and all that stuff, 'cause… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-got-to-trumpet-finally-that-s-why-i-love-to-write-for-brass-and/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-m-never-in-my-life-going-to-do-a-record-that-s-a-tribute-to-myself/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-look-back-and-say-this-must-have-been-somebody-else-i-am-not-going/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

> [I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/i-was-reading-omar-khayyam-kahlil-gibran-rumi-l-ron-hubbard-all-sorts/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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