Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
MILES DAVISIn 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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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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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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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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.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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