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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.

Miles Davis

My future starts when I wake up every morning.
MILES DAVIS

Future Morning Myself Start Wake Up
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
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
MILES DAVIS

Greatness Musician Spirit Walk Work Yourself
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Follow Musician Revolution
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Ideas Judgement Man Project
If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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Kill Live Man Myself Slow White
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.
MILES DAVIS

Oneself People Question Sound Time
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 can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
MILES DAVIS

Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVIS

Behind Yourself
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
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Play Slow Speed Yourself
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown Yourself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Best Blow Domination Game People Run Yourself
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself

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