Quincy Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.”

“I'm not a psychiatrist.”

“Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for movie scores.”

“The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.”

“Young people should travel, and they don't. You can't know if you don't go.”

“I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.”

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

“I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.”

“I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'”

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