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Record producer

Quincy Jones is a highly respected record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, and musician. Born on March 14, 1933, he has had a profound and enduring career in the music industry. Jones has produced over 40 albums, won 27 Grammy Awards, and has been honored for his contributions to music with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.

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Famous Quincy Jones Quotes

“Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.”

People Ifs Knows Should Young

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“A lot of the guys were like that - Oscar Pettiford - they just took me under their wing, and that's why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.”

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

People Knows Millions Records China Billions

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“The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.”

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“I used to practice piano for hours, and now, with a synthesizer, you can input the music and the machine perfects the song. That's why we have so many people in the music business who should be plumbers. They don't really understand music because they haven't been trained.”

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“There's power in the collective. If you don't believe me, just watch a symphony orchestra with a conductor and 120 people who are thinking about exactly the same thing at the same moment - no babies, no stock markets, no mortgages. Just 32nd notes.”

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“The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to their calling ... [they] are the ones who'd be doing whatever it is they love, even if they weren't being paid.”

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Book:Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

Source: Q: The Autobiography of 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.”

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“I've been driven all my life by a spirit of adventure and a criminal level of optimism. I believed in my dreams because they were my only option. The people who make it to the top are addicted to their calling. You have to honor the gift God has given you. The people who get the call are the ones who'd be doing whatever it is they love, even if they weren't being paid.”

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Book:Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

Source: Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

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Born: March 14, 1933
Known for: Record producer
Quotes: 112

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