Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

Quote by Quincy Jones

Topics: Black People Quotes

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the...

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the...

It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else...

It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else...

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a...

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a...

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and...

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and...

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every...

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every...

We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street...

We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street...

It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes...

It's easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes...

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and...

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and...

Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it...

Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it...

I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that...

I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that...

We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods...

We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods...

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to...

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to...

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black...

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black...

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones...

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones...

I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like...

I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like...

We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the...

We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the...