Quincy Jones blames Nicole Richie’s troubles on the pressures of being in the public eye. “You get caught up in the peer pressure and the hoopla ? it’s a media frenzy. It’s insane. Success doesn’t help, Processing success is a major, major, major process.”
Jones, who has seven kids ? six of them daughters ? added, “I try to tell the young kids there are two cardinal rules: You should approach creativity with humility and have your success with grace. It’s a gift from God. You don’t deserve it. You are a vehicle of a higher power. Don’t abuse it.”
“I adore Nicole,” he said. “I’ve known her since she was a baby. She’s a very smart girl. When she was younger she worked eight hours a day for eight years to become an Olympic figure skater. She’s a very talented girl.” source
Nicole Richie at the Andrea Lieberman Jewely Collection (12/14/06)
