"You can study orchestration, you can study harmony……" — Quincy Jones
"You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God."
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Quincy Jones
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86 Quotes by Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones has 86 quotes on this site.
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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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