"My father was a carpenter, a very good……" — Quincy Jones
"My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store."
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86 Quotes by Quincy Jones
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Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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