Quincy Jones Quotes
It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
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This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.
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To survive is to win.
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I realize how myself and other people have started to almost fool ourselves that it's more important to us and more real than the real world, the offline world, and we value looking at our phone and pixels on a screen more than connecting eye to eye with a human being, which is terrifying to me because we're becoming robots.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested in how audiences respond to that maturation and absorb the evolution.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
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You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.
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At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work – as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for – the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?’ (Hays translation)
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I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, 'It's too loud!' But I think music gives so much inspiration.
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Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams.
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It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
