Sublime

Nadia Boulanger always used to tell me, “Quincy, your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being.”

Alfred Newman used to say that you should always “keep your score paper and pen right near you, ’cause if you’re not up, God will take it down the street to (Henry) Mancini!”

Mean what you say and say what you mean.

Knowledge never harmed anybody, and I know it ain’t about to start today!

what Nadia Boulanger taught me: “Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being.”

arranger Gil Evans,

rap was here to stay;

Getting locked into making a product that you think the public will want only robs you of authenticity.