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Miles Davis

Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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Away Listening Music Time
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
Music is an addiction.
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Addiction Music One Liner
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Instrument Music Play Right Yourself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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Music Play Sadness White
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Enough Hype People Understand
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
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
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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Entertainment Musician Myself Trying
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
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself

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