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Danh ngôn của Quincy Jones (Sứ mệnh: 8)

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.
It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'
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 lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That's something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie 'Precious.' I couldn't handle it. So I said to myself, 'I don't have a mother. I don't need one. I'm going to let music be my mother.'
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.