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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

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#big #big bands #biggest #charlie #dealing

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

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

— Quincy Jones

#china #got #hit #hit record #know

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#defined #every #food #language #music

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 got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#around #band #bricks #came #choir

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#any #been #black #black music #closer

I never felt like I had a mother. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#had #i #like #mother #never

I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#could #day #different #different world #family