"Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didn't have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool." — Quincy Jones —
"Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship, hope, and dignity."— Quincy Jones —
Late in life, Jones reflected on his mortality, telling The Times that he had deleted the names of 188 friends and associates from his iPhone in a single year. All dead. ~ Sobering!
Thanks Loves... didn't have my glasses on that day when I filled out the birthday status.. have new glassed now!! I'm good to go... July 11 ha ha ha. What Love you guys have... and I'm loving you back as well.