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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.

Miles Davis

The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Change Help Music Play Way
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Freedom Ignorance Knowledge Slave
Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Answer Call Myself Phone
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Instrument Play Yourself
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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Appearance Care Himself Myself
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Eat Win Yourself
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
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.
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Attitude Negative Vibe Way Woman 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
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
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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Lyrics Music Myself People Play Writing
Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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Music Myself Sell Word

Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.

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