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We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#charge #chicago #could #crime #ever

We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#around #just #life #like #most

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#father #figure #five #had #hard

You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#good #how #learn #make #mistakes

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#anything #every #every time #felt #frightened

I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#childhood #escape #existence #here #i

People feel I don't mix much, but I'm working at it. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#i #mix #much #people #working

I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask? ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#could #i #more #respected #still

I've always had an active imagination. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#always #had #i #imagination

My worst job was working in the laundry of a nursing home. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#job #laundry #nursing #nursing home #working