"My dad was nocturnal his whole adult life. He kept 'jazz hours' starting in high school and never looked back. When I was little, I would wake up in the middle of the night to search for him. Undoubtedly, he would be somewhere in the house, composing... He would smile and bring me into his arms while he continued to work...there was no safer place in the world for me."
Quincy Jones was a towering figure in American music, his influence evident across genres and mediums, marking a new era in film music and popular culture.