Quincy Jones Quotes

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• Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come…
• I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."
• The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to their calling ...…
• 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…
• Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
• I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall.…
• 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…
• It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
• The only music I don't like is bad music.
• Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
• I've met every freak in the business.
• 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,…
• When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who…
• Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
• You have to know that your real home is within.
• Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship,…
• Imagine what a harmonious world it...
• There’s nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that you’re not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of opportunity and preparation…
• You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
• Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

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