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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.

Miles Davis

In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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Best Discrimination Musician Myself White
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown Yourself
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Instrument Man Myself Player
When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
MILES DAVIS

Children Heritage History Learning Ourselves Story
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Follow Musician Revolution
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
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
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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Art Man Sacrifice Trust Woman Yourself
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Important Music Silence Sound
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Feeling Genius One Liner
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Music Myself Name Play

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