I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs. – Quincy Jones
I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home. – Quincy Jones
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release. – Quincy Jones
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. Youre dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle. – Quincy Jones
Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that theyre purchasing and supplying to drug dealers and murderers. I mean, wow. Come on, lets get the government under control before we start restricting the rights of – innocent citizens. – John Mica