The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
MILES DAVISYou have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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