Source: Paul Morigi / Getty Quincy Jones is an icon living and in a recent interview shared more about some of our favorite music legends. He also spoke about working in the music industry and how his career developed. According to The Jasmine Brand , in a recent interview he got candid when speaking about his relationship with Michael Jackson as well as spending time with Ray Charles . Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Jones recalls the day him and Charles were at a hotel and the topics of Malcolm X and heroin came up. He said, “Ray Charles was 17, I was 14. He taught me how to read music in braille. He was… In front of the Majestic hotel in Detroit; we used to call him ‘Detroit Red.’ [He] had his Italian suits on – that’s why when Spike Lee did Malcolm X, I said, ‘Malcolm couldn’t walk around the Blue Zoot’s marching down the street, he’s a dope dealer.’ He [Ray Charles] got me hooked for five months, at 15. After we’d finish the Washington Social club and a couple of other ones, we’d all go down to Jackson street to the Elks club. When they’d finish playing, everybody would go into a corner, Ray would let me get in the corner, and they had it on their thumb. I just snuck in a line and got me a little hit.” RELATED: Quincy Jones Daughter To Co-Direct Netflix Doc About Her Dad Jones admits to falling down nearly five flights of steps because he was so high. During the interview he also talked about being a father figure to Jackson and how he feels about the kind of music that is out today. Jones said about the sound of music today that, “It represents the generation, as all of them do. But you know, there’s a whole crop of young people, including Kendrick Lamar and Chance that are something else. Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being, so you start to work on the human being.” Jones currently has a documentary on Netflix and fans love the fact that he continues to share stories from the past. RELATED: Quincy Jones’ Daughters Held An Intervention For Him After His Recent Interview “Wordvomit” RELATED: Tevin Campbell Addresses The Rumor That Quincy Jones Molested Him [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1935344″ overlay=”true”] The Latest : Tiffany Haddish Shares Painful Story That Her Stepfather Tried To Kill Her Mother Michael B Jordan Shows Off His Body & Asks U.S. Open Winner Naomi Osaka To “Creed 2” Premiere For Her Birthday [PHOTO] Quincy Jones Reveals Ray Charles Got Him Hooked On Heroin At 15 Slider Crimes Still An Issue As South Fulton Police Triple Their Gang Unit Kodak Black Tells Kim Kardashian To Ditch Kanye West For Him ‘HTGAWM’ Recap: If [Redacted] Dies, We Riot Rihanna Declines Super Bowl Halftime Show In Support Of Colin Kaepernick Dave East & Styles P “We Got Everything,” Gucci Mane ft. Lil Pump “Kept Back” & More | Daily Visuals 10.18.18 Reality Check: Black Soccer Dad Could Have Been Arrested Or Worse For Doing Nothing Wrong Leah’s Lemonade: Did Wale and Solange Date In The Past?
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Quincy Jones Reveals Ray Charles Got Him Hooked On Heroin At 15