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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.

Miles Davis

I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Known Myself Woman
Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Food Mindset Myself
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Goodness Music
You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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Instrument Person Play Yourself
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Fear Instrument Mistake Musician None One Liner
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Future Morning Myself Start Wake Up
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Comfortable Musician Ruin Yourself
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Follow Musician Revolution
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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Comfortable Feeling Known
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
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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Best Blow Domination Game People Run Yourself
First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Art Creation Imitation Innovation Yourself
Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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Attitude Character Musician Play
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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Oneself People Question Sound Time
In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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Instrument Sound Walk Way Yourself
We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Addiction Audience Music Myself Play Seen

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