Community Quote by Quincy Jones

“I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.”

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When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed.

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Imagine what a harmonious world it...

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Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a great story.…

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Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for movie scores.

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A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.

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I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.

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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 stuff, 'cause…

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