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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.
Quincy Jones
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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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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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The process is the most beautiful part.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.
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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 didn't deserve that, either. So I'll keep it.
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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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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.
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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.
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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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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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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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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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