Quincy Jones Quotes

Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.

Music is my release.

The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.

Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.

The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth.

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.

Music is my release.

My music has always been enough.

I obviously want a safe world for everybody if we're getting really deep, but my safe and happy place is always going to be music.

Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

Music can be a source of escapism.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

The only thing that's ever made sense to me has been sitting in the house by myself making music.

Singing gives me a lot of energy.

Music just makes sense to me. I don't ever worry when I'm singing. It's the safest place. I am a bit of worrier.

I enjoy singing; being in touch with something that is inside of me.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.