Quincy Jones Quotes

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.
Quincy Jones

Good, Single, Person

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.
Quincy Jones

Heart, Depression, Black

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.'
Quincy Jones

Great, Done, Small

If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
Quincy Jones

Music, Frozen, Liquid

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
Quincy Jones

Money, Racism, Found

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.
Quincy Jones

Music, Home, Writing

I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
Quincy Jones

Family, Society, Different

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!
Quincy Jones

Good, Great, Put

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.
Quincy Jones

Change, Music, Home

All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
Quincy Jones

Love, Music, Guys

Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
Quincy Jones

Emotional, Important, Military

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

Hit, Million, Records

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
Quincy Jones

Music, Food, Through

Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
Quincy Jones

I don't remember feeling love.
Quincy Jones

Love, Feeling, Remember

I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.
Quincy Jones

School, Everything, Different

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
Quincy Jones

Music, Time, Long

I never felt like I had a mother.
Quincy Jones

I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television.
Quincy Jones

Night, Through, Young

I was married for 36 years but now I'm free.
Quincy Jones

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
Quincy Jones

Car, Special, Gangster

I was the most subtle person in the world.
Quincy Jones

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
Quincy Jones

Three, Europe, Trip

I'd been in love before - I was always in love.
Quincy Jones

I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
Quincy Jones

Great, Letting, Flow

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Nationality: American

Born: March 14, 1933

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