Quincy Jones' Oscar acceptance speech posthumously delivered by daughter Rashida
Briefly

As a teenager growing up in Seattle, I would sit for hours in the theater and dream about composing for films. I was always keenly aware of the power that we possessed as filmmakers - that the art we created, the stories we told, if we were lucky, had a chance to move people in ways that they could never imagine, to make society and the world a more understanding and embracing place for us all to exist.
We've come a long way in our industry. When I was a young film composer, you didn't even see faces of color working in the studio commissaries. I am so, so proud of the fact that my name and contributions can be included in that evolution. Today, I am beyond thankful to have composed more than 35 film scores and that this journey allowed me to collaborate with some of the most acclaimed filmmakers on the planet.
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