Top 87 Quotes by Quincy Jones

About Quincy Jones

These are some quotes by American author Quincy Jones Musician, who was born on March 14, 1933.

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.

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.

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

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

Quincy Jones

To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.

Quincy Jones

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

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

Quincy Jones

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

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

Quincy Jones

I don't remember feeling love.

I don't remember feeling love.

Quincy Jones

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

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

Quincy Jones

Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.

Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.

Quincy Jones

I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.

I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.

Quincy Jones

When you work with Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine and Frank Sinatra, and you tell them to jump without a net, you better know what you're talking about. Thank God I was ready for it.

When you work with Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine and Frank Sinatra, and you tell them to jump without a net, you better know what you're talking about. Thank God I was ready for it.

Quincy Jones

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