Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr., also known as "Q", is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, musician, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, entertainment company executive, and humanitarian. His career spans six decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusic Producer
Date of Birth14 March 1933
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life.
It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush
I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
Prince.. a true artist in every sense of the world.Gone way too soon.
My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don't play. They make us look like nuns.
It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.