Johnny Asia
2012-02-13 22:53:59 UTC
(CBS) There is no way to keep drug use out of the music world, music
producer Quincy Jones says, suggesting that Tony Bennett may be right
in his calls to legalize drugs.
Bennett, who kicked his own cocaine habit 30 years ago, made a pitch
on the Grammys red carpet for the legalization of all drugs as he
reflected on the death of Whitney Houston, whose drug problems have
been well documented.
Asked by CBS News whether drug use could be rooted out of the
industry, Jones flatly said, "No." Then he added, "As Tony said the
other night - legalize it."
The 78-year-old musician (a trumpeter, songwriter and conductor), who
worked with music legends like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra
during his long career, added, "It goes with the turf, you know, it
really does."
He pointed out that musicians work mostly on the road, and "hang out
at night" together.
" I don't know, man, you can't stop it. Now, they got oxycontin and
all that stuff.. That's reasonably new. It started on the East Coast."
Bennett was accompanied to the Grammys Sunday by Mitch and Janis
Winehouse, whose daughter, Amy Winehouse, had a career pockmarked by
drug and alcohol abuse. Winehouse did a duet with Bennett just before
her death last summer at age 27.
"In Amsterdam they legalized drugs and it calmed everybody down,"
Bennett said Sunday. "It stopped a lot of gangsters who sneak around
and get people to take drugs. Everybody gets wounded that way. By
legalizing it, you won't have that problem."
The 85-year-old crooner acknowledged his call for legalization is
controversial. But he said he stands by it.
"It's called the elimination of ignorance," Bennett said. "If you do
something that makes things better, why not do it immediately,
whatever it is."
Listen to Jones' full comments here and tell us what you think.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57376904-10391698/quincy-jones-on-musicians-and-drugs-it-goes-with-the-turf/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+%28CBSNews.com%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
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producer Quincy Jones says, suggesting that Tony Bennett may be right
in his calls to legalize drugs.
Bennett, who kicked his own cocaine habit 30 years ago, made a pitch
on the Grammys red carpet for the legalization of all drugs as he
reflected on the death of Whitney Houston, whose drug problems have
been well documented.
Asked by CBS News whether drug use could be rooted out of the
industry, Jones flatly said, "No." Then he added, "As Tony said the
other night - legalize it."
The 78-year-old musician (a trumpeter, songwriter and conductor), who
worked with music legends like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra
during his long career, added, "It goes with the turf, you know, it
really does."
He pointed out that musicians work mostly on the road, and "hang out
at night" together.
" I don't know, man, you can't stop it. Now, they got oxycontin and
all that stuff.. That's reasonably new. It started on the East Coast."
Bennett was accompanied to the Grammys Sunday by Mitch and Janis
Winehouse, whose daughter, Amy Winehouse, had a career pockmarked by
drug and alcohol abuse. Winehouse did a duet with Bennett just before
her death last summer at age 27.
"In Amsterdam they legalized drugs and it calmed everybody down,"
Bennett said Sunday. "It stopped a lot of gangsters who sneak around
and get people to take drugs. Everybody gets wounded that way. By
legalizing it, you won't have that problem."
The 85-year-old crooner acknowledged his call for legalization is
controversial. But he said he stands by it.
"It's called the elimination of ignorance," Bennett said. "If you do
something that makes things better, why not do it immediately,
whatever it is."
Listen to Jones' full comments here and tell us what you think.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57376904-10391698/quincy-jones-on-musicians-and-drugs-it-goes-with-the-turf/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+%28CBSNews.com%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
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Pucker your lips for the Apocalypse!
Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future
http://johnnyasia.com