Quincy Jones' `Autobiography' deserves its Grammy.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: March 26, 2002| Author: Bauers, Sandy | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Quincy Jones had a tough first decade.

His mother was schizophrenic, and he watched as attendants took her away in a straitjacket.

His father was distracted by work. His stepmother was cruel, refusing even to feed Quincy and his brother, Lloyd.

They turned to petty crime. One day, when Quincy was 11, they broke into an auditorium and there, on the stage, was a piano. Quincy started to play.

"From that moment on, I began to find peace," h...

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