You might remember how just a few weeks back, famed music producer Quincy Jones gave a couple of interviews that went viral for their sheer audacity.

In addition to comments that included referring to The Beatles as “the worst musicians in the world,” Jones also made other claims that were just as shocking, including that he allegedly bought drugs from Malcolm X, that Prince once tried to run over Michael Jackson with a limousine, and that he knew who killed US President John F. Kennedy.

Of course, this gave Jones an instant boost of fame, with people considering his comments to be part of one of the greatest interviews of all time. Sadly, as Jones admits, these comments haven’t sat well with everyone, and that he has been decided to apologise for what he said following a “family intervention”.

Taking to Twitter, Quincy Jones revealed that his daughters confronted him about his recent interview, and set him straight in regards to what is and isn’t acceptable to say.

“A couple weekends ago, my six daughters (who I’m beyond proud of) took me aside to do a surprise ‘family intervention’ because of some silly things I’ve said in two recent interviews & have LEARNED MY LESSON,” Jones began. “I am an imperfect human & I’m not afraid to say it. And I’m sorry & I’m not afraid to say it.”

“When you’ve been fortunate enough to have lived such a long & crazy life (& you’ve recently stopped drinking three years ago!), certain details about specific events (which do NOT paint the full picture of my intentions nor experiences) come flooding back all at once, & even at 85, it’s apparent that ‘wordvomit’ & bad-mouthing is inexcusable.”

“One of the hardest things about this situation is that, this bad-mouthing has contradicted the very real messages I tried to relay about racism, inequality, homophobia, poverty… you name it. And of course I don’t want that. I have already reached out to my friends privately, but when you live a public life, you have a responsibility to be an example, & since I do lead a public life, I wanted to make a public apology.”

“I encourage you all to please grow with me & keep on keepin’ on. Love, an 85-year-old bow-legged man who is still learning from his mistakes.”

Read Quincy Jones’ full statement on Twitter above.

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