"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
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"Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.“
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"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."
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"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."
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