Quincy Jones Interview

Frogman, 
Okay,  I now understand your reasoning and context for your comments,  makes clear sense to me now.
Charles 

Bruno Mars is nothing special. There, i said it! 

Did anyone take into account that he once had a brain anurism and is 85 years old?

Oops! The guitar break of George Harrison’s that I described as incredibly musically delicious is that in The Beatles song "Nowhere Man", on their Rubber Soul album. For fun, compare it to what James Burton (another fantastically musical guitarist) plays in the middle of Ricky Nelson’s song "Young World"!

Quincy Jones has earned the right to say pretty much whatever he freaking wants to at age 85 considering his epic career. In terms of Q and his musical abilities vs his talents as an arranger and a producer, mediocre players often become great coaches in various sports. I don’t think knowledge is constrained by a lack of technical prowess, it simply expressed itself in different ways.

From watching their tv show as a kid The Monkees have always been a guilty pleasure of mine!