Author: Quincy Jones

Quotes

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!

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

I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'

I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'

- Quincy Jones

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.'

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

If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.

If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.

- Quincy Jones

I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.

I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.

- Quincy Jones

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

- Quincy Jones

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

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

- Quincy Jones

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

- Quincy Jones

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