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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

Miles Davis

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

Acceptance Mistake Yourself
If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
MILES DAVIS

Kill Live Man Myself Slow White
It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Music Play Right Wrong Yourself
Always look ahead, but never look back.
MILES DAVIS

Forward Future Past See
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVIS

Eat Win Yourself
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
MILES DAVIS

Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
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.
MILES DAVIS

Oneself People Question Sound Time
For me, music and life are all about style.
MILES DAVIS

Life Music Style
I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
MILES DAVIS

Imagination Myself Patience People Play
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

Be Yourself Musician Play Time
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
To keep creating you have to be about change.
MILES DAVIS

Change Creation Yourself
There are no wrong notes.
MILES DAVIS

Music Notes One Liner Wrong
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVIS

Behind Yourself
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
MILES DAVIS

Comfortable Musician Ruin Yourself

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