1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: We've been talking about the election all day, and we 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: will continue to talk about that, but we have to 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: take a pause for a moment and offer our deepest 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: condolences to the family of the late great Quincy Jones. 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Quincy Jones passed away yesterday at the age of ninety one. 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: Quincy's legacy is legendary. It's iconic. From Thriller, Off the Wall, 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: We Are the World, just to name a few. According 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: to USA Today, Steve Quincy Jones, of course, was a musician, 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: a music producer who broke down racial boundaries in music 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: and in film. He's one of the most revered music 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: producers in history. His musical influence can't be overstated. He 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: was nominated for like eighty Grammys, he won like twenty eight. 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: I mean still here, you know what, And you know, 14 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: I know everybody post pictures when somebody passes. I have 15 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: a lot of pictures with Quincy. Quincy a mentor to 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 2: me when me and said had the Steve Harvey Show 17 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: over at the CBS lot, Quincy had produced the Vibe 18 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: The Vibe Show and Chris Spency was the host, and 19 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 2: we used to go over every day and watch all 20 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 2: the guests that came through because we knew everybody. And 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: Quincy would have me come up to the office all 22 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: the time to talk to me about different things and 23 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: teach me aspects of the business that I didn't know. 24 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: And he had me come to his house. I mean, 25 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 2: I've been to this dude's home whenever. And man, let 26 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 2: me tell you what this dude did up in his neighborhood. 27 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 2: He started buying all the properties up there. So he 28 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: bought his house, then he bought the He lived in 29 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: a cul de sac, so he bought the area behind, 30 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: and he tore all those houses down and built one 31 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: big house, and then he bought all the houses on 32 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: the block, so that whole block was his. But I 33 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: watched that new house get built and everything, and I 34 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: watched this man's vision. I watched him deal with Michael Jackson, 35 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: talk to Michael Jackson. He would he would tell Michael no. 36 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: In a heartbeat, he just tell him, no, man, no, man, no, man. 37 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: You got to listen to me. This is what I do. 38 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: One of the top stories, yeah, one of the top 39 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: stories that's out was you know, don't stop to again, 40 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 2: and know you remember that at the beginning of that song, 41 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: Michael Jackson called called Quincy one time and told him. 42 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: He said, man, take that out is killing my mood. 43 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: He said, no, man, we're not taking that out. And 44 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: it was at violin at the beginning of it, and 45 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: that was the iconic part of the song. And Michael said, no, 46 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 2: you got to take it out as killing my group. 47 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 2: He said, I'm not taking out. But he told Michael, 48 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 2: he said, you don't tell me what to do. So 49 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: reporter asked Quincy Jones. He asked him, he said, so, 50 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 2: how did it go? He said, you saw us in there, 51 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: didn't you. 52 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 1: No. 53 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 2: Yes, the type of duty was man, yeah, great, brilliant man, 54 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: great brother. 55 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: We just want to say rest in peace. Quincy Jones 56 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: coming up with forty nine minutes after the hour. It 57 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: is our last break of the day on this election day, 58 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: and we'll close out the show with the one and 59 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: only Steve Harvey right after this. You're listening Steve Harvey 60 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: Morning Show.