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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

Miles Davis

Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
MILES DAVIS

Afraid Inspirational Mistake
You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
MILES DAVIS

Feeling Impossible Sound Time Yourself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS

Known Play Yourself
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVIS

Idol Inspirational Myself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Person Play Yourself
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
MILES DAVIS

Acceptance Mistake Yourself
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
MILES DAVIS

Unknown Yourself
Food makes my mind sluggish.
MILES DAVIS

Food Mindset Myself
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVIS

Myself Understand Yourself
First you imitate, then you innovate.
MILES DAVIS

Art Creation Imitation Innovation Yourself
If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
MILES DAVIS

Determination Note Play Wrong Yourself
I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS

Known Myself Woman
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVIS

Eat Win Yourself
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play Sadness White
Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
MILES DAVIS

Art Celebrity Form Man Money Musician

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