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Quincy Jones Quote: “I’m just a musician and a record producer.”

51. “I’m just a musician and a record producer.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.”

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

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “Eight kids and a stepmother, and I just wanted to be out of there and so when I got a scholarship from Boston to the Schillinger House, which is now the Berklee School of Music, I couldn’t wait to get out of there.”

53. “Eight kids and a stepmother, and I just wanted to be out of there and so when I got a scholarship from Boston to the Schillinger House, which is now the Berklee School of Music, I couldn’t wait to get out of there.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.”

54. “Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o’clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.”

55. “It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o’clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.”

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

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “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.”

57. “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

Quincy Jones Quote: “I’ve met every freak in the business.”

58. “I’ve met every freak in the business.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “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.”

59. “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.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.”

60. “Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.”

— Quincy Jones

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

61. “All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “Imagine what a harmonious world it...”

62. “Imagine what a harmonious world it...”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “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.”

63. “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.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “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.”

64. “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

Quincy Jones Quote: “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.”

65. “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.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.”

66. “We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.”

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

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “I don’t remember feeling love.”

68. “I don’t remember feeling love.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.”

69. “My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.”

— Quincy Jones

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

70. “I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “I’d been in love before – I was always in love.”

71. “I’d been in love before – I was always in love.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “I never felt like I had a mother.”

72. “I never felt like I had a mother.”

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.”

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

— Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Quote: “I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.”

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

— Quincy Jones

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