Complex Quote by Quincy Jones Download Open image “I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.” — Quincy Jones ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Complex Kids Know Old Rapping Roots
I first started rapping when I heard the Sugarhill Gang in 1979, when I was 11 years old in seventh grade. — E-40 Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was just rapping about school and stuff like that. — Joyner Lucas Copy Share Image
In 1979, I was in ninth grade. Before I started tenth grade, I was already rapping myself. I didn't wait around to see what… — Too Short Copy Share Image
I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it. — Young Buck Copy Share Image
I started rapping when I was young, like 12, 11. But I wasn't really talking about nothing and it didn't really get me nowhere. — Tee Grizzley Copy Share Image
Before I was born, my mom was rapping. My dad was into rapping too. By the time I was here, I was surrounded by… — Lil Chuckee Copy Share Image
I was real serious when it came to rapping. I still do, but even more so when I was real young. — Prodigy Copy Share Image
I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so… — Ice T 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
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home - pride… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
I have faith in an audience being able to interpret complex material. — Matthew Heineman Copy Share Image
We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie. — Jan de Bont Copy Share Image
Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to answer the… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
Post-minimalism implies music that's genre-less. Minimalism was very important because it came at a time when contemporary music had become so complex, so experimental… — Maya Beiser Copy Share Image
“The relationship of a girl and her favorite novel can be complex indeed.” — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
“War is always more complex. Economics, history, religion all have a role, but not for the ones dodging the bullets. They just get blown… — Bill Carter Copy Share Image
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