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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
Quincy Jones
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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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I used to practice piano for hours, and now, with a synthesizer, you can input the music and the machine perfects the song. That's why we have so many people in the music business who should be plumbers. They don't really understand music because they haven't been trained.
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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.
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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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