Quincy Jones Quotes

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today

— Wyclef Jean

My idol is Quincy Jones.

— Jermaine Dupri

I got to meet and work with Barry White, Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle, even.

— Big Daddy Kane

I met Quincy [Jones], he had heard my album, someone played the album and he flipped over it.

— Robert Davi

I gave the album [You're Under Arrest] to Quincy Jones and he loved "D Train". We couldn't call it "D Train"; it's…

— Miles Davis

You couldn't show up to a session with Quincy Jones in your flip flops and jeans and a T shirt - that…

— Jack Savoretti

I've always wanted to be mentioned in the same sentence or at the same time that you say Quincy Jones or you…

— Jermaine Dupri

Quincy [Jones] is one of the greatest world figures, of all-time. I mean he's up there with Muhammad Ali, as far as…

— Robert Davi

Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an…

— Nile Rodgers

At a party in L.A., I met this middle-aged gentleman who I was talking to for ages when I asked, 'So, what…

— Elliot Cowan

I want to affect culture. I want to have my mark on everything. I give examples of people like Bill Cosby, Quincy…

— Nick Cannon

All of my records, I produced, put together completely. All of them. Maybe Drake might come with an idea, and I might…

— DJ Khaled

My mother and I are more than best friends; we are partners in crime. After she and my father, Quincy Jones, separated…

— Rashida Jones

One thing I always really enjoyed about Quincy Jones' production technique was that there were so many layers to every song. Like,…

— Labrinth

Sometimes a producer and an artist get together and they make magic like Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. As far as my…

— Justin Timberlake

I tried to stay away from the Euro beats, and not go totally pop. Instead, I wanted to take the Quincy Jones…

— Chris Brown

What happened was I was a songwriter on Quincy Jones' publishing company, Qwest, for two and a half years before I gave…

— Siedah Garrett

Then, you know, the other more-traditional role of the producer in, like, the kind of Quincy Jones sense is kind of part…

— Mark Ronson

I met Quincy Jones in Seattle. We were kids together... liked each other when we met and have been close ever since.…

— Ray Charles

The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my…

— Lesley Gore

If you look before the '90s, you might not find many - if any - albums with multiple producers. It just didn't…

— No I.D

Phil Ramone and Quincy Jones were very close. Phil Ramone was one of the greatest record producers of all time. I don't…

— Robert Davi

You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive…

— Lesley Gore

GUESS WUT I'M GONNA DO FROM 25 TILL 29 SEPTEMBER ? go fucking see Quincy Jones , Will.i.am , Timabaland and *selena…

— Blaaanansakl/jld

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my…

— Jill Scott

My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the…

— Barbra Streisand

When I think of the future, I think a lot of Quincy Jones and how he is an inspiration. Look at the…

— Dr. Dre

I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s…

— Jack Wagner

When I was signed to Quincy Jones before I went independent, he told me to rap what you know, and people will…

— Tech N9ne

People ask, "What do you think about being called Puff Mommy?" Puff's a very successful young man, so I don't have a…

— Missy Elliot

Quincy Jones' autobiography 'Q' is very good. Because he's a master at music, he's one of our greatest composers, and its good…

— Ice Cube

I loved the idea of playing cello whilst beatboxing, and I ran with it. I didn't realize that it would put me…

— Kevin Olusola

The reason I wanted to become an organ player was because I heard Ray Charles play on Quincy Jones' arrangement of "One…

— Booker T. Jones

I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to…

— Wyclef Jean