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.

A. In 2001 he publiQuincy Jonesd his autobiography Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. Jones has never learned to drive citing an accident in which he was a passenger (at age 14) as the reason.

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. In addition Jones was the producer of the album Thriller by pop icon Michael Jackson which has sold more than 110 million copies worldwide and was the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the World”. (born March 14 1933) is an American record producer conductor arranger composer television producer and trumpeter.