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 started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day. – Quincy Jones
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. Thats the soul of a country. – Quincy Jones
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release. – Quincy Jones
Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Weldings a mystery to me now. You cant go back, your life changes every day. – Billy Connolly