If you have been living Internetless for the past few days you may have missed everyone talking about this Quincy Jones interview over on the Vulture. While it contains many gems about the state of the music industry and how paying attention to history is the best way to make music, everyone is mostly loving his shocking quotes about other musicians. Here's a choice one:

What were your first impressions of the Beatles?
That they were the worst musicians in the world. They were no-playing motherfuckers. Paul was the worst bass player I ever heard. And Ringo? Don't even talk about it. I remember once we were in the studio with George Martin, and Ringo had taken three hours for a four-bar thing he was trying to fix on a song. He couldn't get it. We said, "Mate, why don't you get some lager and lime, some shepherd's pie, and take an hour-and-a-half and relax a little bit." So he did, and we called Ronnie Verrell, a jazz drummer. Ronnie came in for 15 minutes and tore it up. Ringo comes back and says, "George, can you play it back for me one more time?" So George did, and Ringo says, "That didn't sound so bad." And I said, "Yeah, motherfucker because it ain't you." Great guy, though.

Pretty scathing! But, more importantly, he knows who killed Kennedy and that's hands-down my favorite part of the interview.

What's something you wish you didn't know?
Who killed Kennedy.

Who did it?
[Chicago mobster Sam] Giancana. The connection was there between Sinatra and the Mafia and Kennedy. Joe Kennedy - he was a bad man - he came to Frank to have him talk to Giancana about getting votes.

That's really the tip of the iceberg. Jones doesn't shy away from any subject and it's a captivating read.