I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows. — 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
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Frank Sinatra took me to a whole new planet. I worked with him until he passed away in '98. He left me… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her… — 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
