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Quincy Jones Quotes

A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose Picture Quote #1

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff Picture Quote #1

Imagine what a harmonious world it Picture Quote #1

Everybody has their idiosyncrasies Picture Quote #1

I don’t remember feeling love Picture Quote #1

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear Picture Quote #1

I think the attraction of ‘American Idol’ is about the basic human nature attitude that is, ‘We can put you up there. But we can take you down.’ Picture Quote #1

I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R Picture Quote #1

I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who’s a producer, ‘You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.’ Picture Quote #1

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we’ve had in a long time. It’s sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America Picture Quote #1

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Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didn’t have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool Picture Quote #1

If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture Picture Quote #1

I never felt like that in my life. I didn’t know human beings played these instruments. I heard them in Chicago and Louisville and St. Louis all my life, you know? But I didn’t know human beings played them, you know? So the next day I went to Coontz Junior High School and I started on sousaphone, tuba, B-flat baritone, E-flat alto, French horn, trombone Picture Quote #1

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home Picture Quote #1

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been bored in my life, man. I’ve never been bored or lonely. Are you kidding? No way! I’m an orchestrator, a musician, a producer. I love everything. I’ve studied languages from Farsi to Greek to French, Swedish, Russian... How can you get bored? Picture Quote #1

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The climate in the 50s and 60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious Picture Quote #1

I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn’t have MTV, we didn’t have television Picture Quote #1

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe Picture Quote #1

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out Picture Quote #1

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it Picture Quote #1

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I go to the favelas in Brazil. It’s the same in the South Side of Chicago. It’s the same, or just more violent. We’re trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don’t play. They make us look like nuns Picture Quote #1

I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That’s something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie ‘Precious.’ I couldn’t handle it. So I said to myself, ‘I don’t have a mother. I don’t need one. I’m going to let music be my mother.’ Picture Quote #1

I believe that a hundred years from now, when people look back at the 20th century, they will look at Miles, Bird, Clifford Brown, Ella and Dizzy, among elders as our Mozarts, our Chopins, our Bachs and Beethovens Picture Quote #1

My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn’t know what to do. I’d never been so desperate in my life Picture Quote #1

The climate in the 50s and 60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious Picture Quote #1

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country Picture Quote #1

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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose (Quincy Jones Quotes) You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff (Quincy Jones Quotes) Imagine what a harmonious world it (Quincy Jones Quotes) Everybody has their idiosyncrasies (Quincy Jones Quotes) I don’t remember feeling love (Quincy Jones Quotes) If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle (Quincy Jones Quotes) 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 Quotes) It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear. (Quincy Jones Quotes) I think the attraction of ‘American Idol’ is about the basic human nature attitude that is, ‘We can put you up there. But we can take you down.’ (Quincy Jones Quotes) I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R (Quincy Jones Quotes) I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who’s a producer, ‘You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.’ (Quincy Jones Quotes) I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we’ve had in a long time. It’s sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America (Quincy Jones Quotes) Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didn’t have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool (Quincy Jones Quotes) If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture (Quincy Jones Quotes) I never felt like that in my life. I didn’t know human beings played these instruments. I heard them in Chicago and Louisville and St. Louis all my life, you know? But I didn’t know human beings played them, you know? So the next day I went to Coontz Junior High School and I started on sousaphone, tuba, B-flat baritone, E-flat alto, French horn, trombone (Quincy Jones Quotes) I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home (Quincy Jones Quotes) I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs (Quincy Jones Quotes) I’ve never been bored in my life, man. I’ve never been bored or lonely. Are you kidding? No way! I’m an orchestrator, a musician, a producer. I love everything. I’ve studied languages from Farsi to Greek to French, Swedish, Russian... How can you get bored? (Quincy Jones Quotes) The climate in the 50s and 60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious (Quincy Jones Quotes) I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn’t have MTV, we didn’t have television (Quincy Jones Quotes) I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe (Quincy Jones Quotes) When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out (Quincy Jones Quotes) Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’ (Quincy Jones Quotes) I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it (Quincy Jones Quotes) I go to the favelas in Brazil. It’s the same in the South Side of Chicago. It’s the same, or just more violent. We’re trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don’t play. They make us look like nuns (Quincy Jones Quotes) I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That’s something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie ‘Precious.’ I couldn’t handle it. So I said to myself, ‘I don’t have a mother. I don’t need one. I’m going to let music be my mother.’ (Quincy Jones Quotes) I believe that a hundred years from now, when people look back at the 20th century, they will look at Miles, Bird, Clifford Brown, Ella and Dizzy, among elders as our Mozarts, our Chopins, our Bachs and Beethovens. (Quincy Jones Quotes) My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn’t know what to do. I’d never been so desperate in my life. (Quincy Jones Quotes) The climate in the 50s and 60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. (Quincy Jones Quotes) Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country. (Quincy Jones Quotes)

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