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*From a strictly musical perspective, what have you done that you’re most proud of?*

That anything I can feel, I can notate musically. Not many people can do that. I can make a band play like a singer sings. That’s what arranging is, and it’s a great gift. I wouldn’t trade it for shit.

https://www.vulture.com/article/quincy-jones-in-conversation...

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I recently watched "The Greatest Night in Pop" about the "We Are The World" recording, and I came away with even more huge mad props for Quincy Jones. The ability to arrange all these superstar musicians with insanely different voices into one cohesive, melodic song is amazing. Not to mention that corralling all these diva personalities makes cat herding look like a cake walk.

Second the vote for "The Greatest Night in Pop". An amazing documentary.

There’s also a short "Making of" documentary available on YouTube. So moving and inspiring.

What a fucking flex lol. I have rudimentary arranger skills, enough to understand the pain of simply not being capable of expressing something I can feel/hear internally. He really could do that on a level that very few people ever have been able to. Legend.

    What a fucking flex lol

I don't have a link handy but another hilarious thing to look up is Quincy talking about the Beatles' (lack of, in his opinion) chops

I love the Beatles but it's endlessly hilarious to me

I looked this up on YouTube. It seems a bit of a non-controversy with Quincy criticising Ringo's skills and Paul's bass playing. Comparing a virtuoso arranger and a band whose main strength was their song writing skills is a bit of a non starter honestly.

Every band improves over time as well and the Beatles hit pretty early. Without a time frame the comment is not that useful.

It's not a controversy, it's just funny... to many. I'm sorry you didn't find it interesting.

This is one of the great interviews of all time. Totally hilarious.

https://www.vulture.com/article/quincy-jones-in-conversation...

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