The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I've never been bored in my life, man. I've never been bored or lonely. Are you kidding? No way! I'm an orchestrator,… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
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… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“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… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a great story.… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for movie scores. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
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… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
![“The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to their calling ... [they] are the ones who'd be doing whatever it is they love, even if they weren't being paid.” quote by Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6d4/quincy-jones-2731_calling_the-people-who-make-it-to-the-top-whethe_367809.jpg)
![“Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to blacks for other things outside of blues and barbecue. He's a total musician. He was the pioneer, he was the foundation. He made it possible for that doubt to be taken away.” quote by Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a9d/quincy-jones-2731_barbecue_benny-carter-opened-the-eyes-of-a-lot-of_1274761.jpg)
![“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 that's just like part of my DNA.” quote by Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/373/quincy-jones-2731_brass_i-got-to-trumpet-finally-that-s-why-i-lo_245935.jpg)