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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
Quincy Jones
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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to blacks for other things outside of blues and barbecue. He's a total musician. He was the pioneer, he was the foundation. He made it possible for that doubt to be taken away.
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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship, hope, and dignity.
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I was married for 36 years but now I'm free.
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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.
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I don't remember feeling love.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.
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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.'
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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 that's just like part of my DNA.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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I improvised my life along the way - I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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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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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that's the bottom line.
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