Top 10 Famous Quotes by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones, born on March 14, 1933, in Chicago, is a legendary American record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. With a career spanning over seven decades, he has won 28 Grammy Awards and earned 80 nominations. Jones began as a trumpeter and arranger before producing for icons like Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Michael Jackson, notably producing Jackson's "Thriller," the best-selling album ever. He also composed scores for films such as "The Color Purple" and produced TV shows like "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." Jones's extensive contributions have profoundly influenced music and popular culture.

Top 10 Famous Quotes by Quincy Jones

1. "Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful."
— Quincy Jones

2. "I've been driven all my life by a spirit of adventure and a criminal level of optimism. I believed in my dreams because they were my only option. The people who make it to the top are addicted to their calling. You have to honor the gift God has given you. The people who get the call are the ones who'd be doing whatever it is they love, even if they weren't being paid."
— Quincy Jones

3. "Once a task has just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all."
— Quincy Jones

4. "The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer--just a sliver of my eventual life potential."
— Quincy Jones

5. "Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind."
— Quincy Jones

6. "Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being."
— Quincy Jones

7. "It's Trump and uneducated rednecks. Trump is just telling them what they want to hear. I used to hang out with him. He's a crazy motherfucker."
— Quincy Jones

8. "Frank [Sinatra] was always trying to hook me up with Marilyn Monroe, but Marilyn Monroe had a chest that looked like pears, man."
— Quincy Jones

9. "Every time we'd [Lionel Hampton and his band] go to Detroit, at the Majestic hotel, standing in front, with his Italian shit on and amber glasses: Malcolm X. Detroit Red. That's where we bought our dope. It was before he went to prison."
— Quincy Jones

10. "Did you ever see that thing with James Brown? 'She's a fine motherfucker.' She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life. Wrong father, though."
— Quincy Jones