#per

I was the most subtle person in the world. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#most #person #subtle #world

Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it sound a little bit better, and you get a little band together, and then you get a few jobs. You take four guys that sound half bad, but if they're 25 percent each, they can give 100 percent, you know? ↗

— Quincy Jones

#bad #band #better #bit #blow

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

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #business #climate #entertainment #entertainment business

Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds. ↗

— Star Jones

#know #lost #nine #now and then #period

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

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#ensuring #every #federal #federal government #government

I would not say that George Bush doesn't care about people at all. I think that his loyalties are to the upper class. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#bush #care #class #george #george bush

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#greatest #language #living #mccarthy #perfect

I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#i #life #live #personally #use