Quincy Jones
conductor, jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, record producer, songwriter, music executive, film producer, television producer, music arranger, humanitarian, jazz musician, singer, trumpeter, pianist
Read on Wikipedia1933 – 2024
All Quotes by Quincy Jones
“I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.”
“It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.”
“Bebop and hip-hop, in so many ways, they're connected. A lot of rappers remind me so much of bebop guys in terms of improvisation, beats and rhymes. My dream is to see hip-hop incorporated in education. You've got the youth of the world in the palm of your hand.”
“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.”
“You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.”
“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.”
“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.'”
“I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'”
“I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.”
“Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.”
“If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.”