Quincy Jones

Finally, she was committed, and I didn't know or kind of blanked out what the process was until I went back there 50 years later when I did Listen Up. All of it came back, and I guess that's the part of the book that was cathartic. There were missing pieces in my memory, and it got clarified.

Oh, absolutely. Well, we had a very hard time communicating. We couldn't have a conversation without it turning into a big argument. And I didn't know—I guess Lloyd and I both were so hungry for— Lloyd's your brother. Lloyd's my brother. He's my younger brother. We were so hungry for the mother stuff and just to be patted on the back of a head or something that we—

Oh, absolutely. Well, we had a very hard time communicating. We couldn't have a conversation without it turning into a big argument. And I didn't know—I guess Lloyd and I both were so hungry for— Lloyd's your brother. Lloyd's my brother. He's my younger brother. We were so hungry for the mother stuff and just to be patted on the back of a head or something that we—

Oh, absolutely. Well, we had a very hard time communicating. We couldn't have a conversation without it turning into a big argument. And I didn't know—I guess Lloyd and I both were so hungry for— Lloyd's your brother. Lloyd's my brother. He's my younger brother. We were so hungry for the mother stuff and just to be patted on the back of a head or something that we—

we just never could communicate. We didn't know how to connect. At that time, I guess you need validation and guidance and love and nurturing and those words that weren't around in the ghetto during the Depression. Nurturing never came up very often. It was like cholesterol. Please, cholesterol sounds like something to drink. Well,

we just never could communicate. We didn't know how to connect. At that time, I guess you need validation and guidance and love and nurturing and those words that weren't around in the ghetto during the Depression. Nurturing never came up very often. It was like cholesterol. Please, cholesterol sounds like something to drink. Well,

we just never could communicate. We didn't know how to connect. At that time, I guess you need validation and guidance and love and nurturing and those words that weren't around in the ghetto during the Depression. Nurturing never came up very often. It was like cholesterol. Please, cholesterol sounds like something to drink. Well,

Oh, my God. I couldn't believe it. That was the first time I ever played Birdland with my own band. I was really proud because I'd seen all my idols there, Charlie Parker, Dizzy, Duke, Basie, everybody. And lo and behold, here come, I see her at the, you know, it's a huge entrance there that comes downstairs. And the regular host there was named Pee Wee Marquette, who was really a character.

Oh, my God. I couldn't believe it. That was the first time I ever played Birdland with my own band. I was really proud because I'd seen all my idols there, Charlie Parker, Dizzy, Duke, Basie, everybody. And lo and behold, here come, I see her at the, you know, it's a huge entrance there that comes downstairs. And the regular host there was named Pee Wee Marquette, who was really a character.

Oh, my God. I couldn't believe it. That was the first time I ever played Birdland with my own band. I was really proud because I'd seen all my idols there, Charlie Parker, Dizzy, Duke, Basie, everybody. And lo and behold, here come, I see her at the, you know, it's a huge entrance there that comes downstairs. And the regular host there was named Pee Wee Marquette, who was really a character.

He had four watches on and about three coats of powder on his face. a couple of jackets on and a vest and everything else. A real character with a lot of attitude. And you'd see, like, parting of the crowd, you know, as he's walking through, because he was so short. And he'd walk through. And she said, no, come on, lady, you know, you can't come in. And she said, shut up, you know.

He had four watches on and about three coats of powder on his face. a couple of jackets on and a vest and everything else. A real character with a lot of attitude. And you'd see, like, parting of the crowd, you know, as he's walking through, because he was so short. And he'd walk through. And she said, no, come on, lady, you know, you can't come in. And she said, shut up, you know.

He had four watches on and about three coats of powder on his face. a couple of jackets on and a vest and everything else. A real character with a lot of attitude. And you'd see, like, parting of the crowd, you know, as he's walking through, because he was so short. And he'd walk through. And she said, no, come on, lady, you know, you can't come in. And she said, shut up, you know.

If you didn't drink so much, you wouldn't be so short. And she had a tongue like a laser beam. She turned the place out for about an hour. You knew she was down there. And she took nothing from anybody.

If you didn't drink so much, you wouldn't be so short. And she had a tongue like a laser beam. She turned the place out for about an hour. You knew she was down there. And she took nothing from anybody.

If you didn't drink so much, you wouldn't be so short. And she had a tongue like a laser beam. She turned the place out for about an hour. You knew she was down there. And she took nothing from anybody.

Yes, she did.

Yes, she did.

Yes, she did.

Absolutely. And I said to her, I said, this is, I'm very touched, you know, but, you know, you can buy this for like $3 or $4 or something like that. And she, you know, but she meant it as something that she was really trying to give. And more and more, Lloyd started to realize, you know, that the things that she did, she couldn't help it.