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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.

Miles Davis

You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Feeling Impossible Sound Time Yourself
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Instrument Man Myself Player
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Answer Call Myself Phone
You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Horn Instrument Play Yourself
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Comfortable Musician Ruin Yourself
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Music Myself Name Play
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
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
With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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Eat Feeling Myself Strong Watch World
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Known Label Thinking Yourself
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
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
There are no wrong notes.
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Music Notes One Liner Wrong
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Freedom Ignorance Knowledge Slave
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

My ego only needs a good rhythm section.

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