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“ The only justification for looking down on anyone, is that you're going to stop and pick them up. ”

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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.'

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Quincy Jones Nature American

To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.

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Quincy Jones God World Universe

If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.

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Quincy Jones Architecture Must Then

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

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Quincy Jones You Trouble Anything