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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

Miles Davis

When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
MILES DAVIS

Play Slow Speed Yourself
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS

Known Label Thinking Yourself
Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
MILES DAVIS

Answer Call Myself Phone
I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
MILES DAVIS

Creation Finding Future Life Myself Start Thinking
Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening Yourself
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
MILES DAVIS

Old Reason Tired Writing Yourself
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVIS

Eat Win Yourself
What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
MILES DAVIS

Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
MILES DAVIS

Ideas Judgement Man Project
I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
MILES DAVIS

Myself Rhythm Writing
The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
MILES DAVIS

Change Help Music Play Way
I always listen to what I can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening Myself
In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVIS

Important Music Silence Sound
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
MILES DAVIS

Musician Myself Play Time
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
MILES DAVIS

Funny Music Thinking Yourself
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVIS

Myself Understand Yourself

I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

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