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Quincy Jones has 87 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."
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The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to…
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I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve…
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or…
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It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention.…
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It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
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The only music I don't like is bad music.
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Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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I've met every freak in the business.
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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in…
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I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has…
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I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed…
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More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.
— Tony Bennett
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Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy…
— Christian McBride
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I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that…
— Quincy Jones
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And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands…
— Buddy Rich
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The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section.
— Unknown Author
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Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.
— Clark Terry
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When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in…
— Dan Hill
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