To most people, Michael Jackson ‘s “Bad” is simply a cool pop song. Meanwhile, Quincy Jones felt it was divinely inspired. He discussed the creative process behind one of the King of Pop’s greatest albums.
Quincy Jones said he didn’t work on Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ for the money During a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone , Jones was asked if he had a vision for the songs from Jackson’s Bad . “That’s not the way it works,” he replied. “You go song by song.
The songs are the power. They take it home. “From what I learned, the melody is the voice of God,” he added.
That’s what you look for. I have never ever made records for money or fame. That’s how you blow it.
‘Cause God walks out of the room if you’re going after money. And you don’t know how to go after money — it doesn’t work like that.” Quincy Jones said he worked with Michael Jackson and others as a team Jones explained his approach to music.
“You have to go with your first intuition,” he said. “If there’s anything I’ve learned at age 84, it’s how little we have to do with most things. It’s divine intervention.
” Jones also considers making albums to be a team sport. “People get into their own opinions about I, me, my, those perspectives on making records,” he said. “It doesn’t work like that, man.
It’s we, us, they — team, all the time. The more you get involved in that team, the better the project’s going to be. It’s an amazing process.
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