Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, and trumpeter.
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture. Use this quote
It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
I've met every freak in the business. Use this quote
The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. Use this quote
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle. Use this quote
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day. Use this quote
My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store. Use this quote
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
