196 Quotes by Quincy Jones


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    It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.

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    I’d been in love before – I was always in love.

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    I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because it's not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.

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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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