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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.

Miles Davis

If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS

Known Play Yourself
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Freedom Ignorance Knowledge Slave
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVIS

Myself Understand 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
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
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
I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVIS

Appearance Care Himself Myself
That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
MILES DAVIS

Attitude Negative Vibe Way Woman 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
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
MILES DAVIS

Ideas Judgement Man Project
Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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Comfortable Music Reason
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Greatness Human Sound Voice World
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.
MILES DAVIS

Challenge Greatness Humanity Recognition Sweet
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
MILES DAVIS

Unknown Yourself

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