196 Quotes by Quincy Jones

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.

I don’t remember feeling love.

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.

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.

If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.

I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.

I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.

China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.