#gr

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#because #coming #i #jazz #know

Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day. ↗

— Norah Jones

#great #i #love #many #need

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#america #biggest #black #black and white #block

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape! ↗

— Quincy Jones

#great #make #put #really #shape

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.' ↗

— Quincy Jones

#daddy #day #done #every #every day

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#car #chicago #colors #detroit #gangster

I get weary of reading about rebirths because we're all growing all the time and it diminishes the life you've lived if you say 'I'm a new person.' ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#because #diminishes #get #growing #i

I didn't have any great job prospects. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#great #great job #i #job #prospects

Barbara did the selecting and that's probably the most brilliant thing was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences. ↗

— Star Jones

#barbara #brilliant #did #different #different backgrounds

If they're willing to stand at polls for countless hours in the rain, as many did, then I should surely stand up for them here in the halls of Congress. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#countless #did #halls #here #hours