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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.

Miles Davis

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.
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Imagination Myself Patience People Play
It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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Change Creation Safety Stand Yourself
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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Known Man Myself Old
If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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Goodness Music Myself Time Video
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Drugs Feeling 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
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Improvisation Mistake Spontaneous
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Old Reason Tired Writing Yourself
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
I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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Known Music Myself People Stupidity
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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Appearance Care Himself Myself
Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
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Challenge Greatness Humanity Recognition Sweet
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

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