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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.

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
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Instrument Music Play Right 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
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
Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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Away Listening Music Time
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Follow Musician Revolution
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVIS

Appearance Care Himself Myself
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown 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
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Known Label Thinking Yourself
That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
MILES DAVIS

Ability Chemistry Known Play Togetherness
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVIS

Idol Inspirational Myself
If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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Determination Note Play Wrong Yourself
In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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Instrument Sound Walk Way Yourself

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.

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