"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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"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
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"If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture."
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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."
-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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"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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"Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have."
-Junior Johnson
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