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The only music I don't like is bad music.

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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
Actor
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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I was married for 36 years but now I'm free.
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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.
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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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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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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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