- He has never learned how to drive an automobile.
- Suffered a brain aneurysm in the 1970s. As a result, he can no longer play the trumpet; doing so could dislodge the chip in his brain.
- Recipient of twenty-six Grammys, which is currently more than any living recording artist. Sir Georg Solti holds the all-time record with thirty-one Grammys.
- (1991-1997) Lived with Nastassja Kinski. One daughter, Kenya Kinski-Jones (Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones) (b. February 9, 1993).
- At 17, he began his career playing trumpet and arranging for Lionel Hampton, and later Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, and Peggy Lee.
- He is considered Berklee College of Music's most famous alumnus. His original application, when the school was known as Schillinger House, is housed in a display case at the school.
- Good friends with Ray Charles.
- He was once neighbors with Pablo Picasso. They had a mutual friend and met at a restaurant. Picasso paid with fish bones, which were immediately hung on the wall.
- He was awarded the 2010 National Medal of Arts for his contributions to American music as a musician, composer, record producer, and arranger. He was an inventor of musical hybrids, he has mixed pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African, and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including records, live performances, movies, and television.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
- In 1963, when Lesley Gore's "It's My Party" topped the US charts, was Quincy's very first hit as a producer for Mercury Records.
- He will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for his services to music. (May 2005)
- Jones' maternal grandmother, Mary Belle Lanier, was the illegitimate daughter of James Balance Lanier, the second cousin four times removed of President George Washington. He is also related to Lee Marvin and Senator John McCain.
- He received the John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2001.
- Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 1994.
- He appeared in, conducted, produced, and directed the music video for the song "We Are The World".
- After his brain aneurysm, a metal plate was placed in his head, thus setting off a metal detector at an airport.
- Born on the same date as Sir Michael Caine.
- Father, with Carol Reynolds, of daughter Rachel Jones.
- Played trumpet in Billie Holiday's band when he was 14 years old.
- Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. (1996)
- With Jeri Caldwell, is the father of jazz vocalist Jolie Jones Levine.
- His production company, partnered with former news executive David Salzman, also produces Jenny Jones (1991) and Mad TV (1995).
- Can play most brass instruments including trumpet, sousaphone, Bugle, French horn and trombone.
- Has synesthesia (the ability to "see" music).
- His mother was committed to Manteno State Hospital with dementia praecox (schizophrenia) when he was seven years old.
- Samsung designed the exclusive "AKG N90Q" headphones according to Quincy's personalized specifications. Initial recommended retail price was $1500 a pair. (2020)
- Studied astrology with astronaut John Glenn.
- Larenz Tate portrayed Jones in Ray (2004).
- Former brother-in-law of Robert Lipton.
- Born at 8:40pm CST.
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