Top 87 Quotes by Quincy Jones

Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.

I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.

I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.

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 was the most subtle person in the world.

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.'

Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.