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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

Miles Davis

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.
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Ability Chemistry Known Play Togetherness
Music is an addiction.
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Addiction Music One Liner
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.
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Oneself People Question Sound Time
It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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Change Creation Safety Stand Yourself
Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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Attitude Character Musician Play
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
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
There are no wrong notes.
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Music Notes One Liner Wrong
Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Food Mindset Myself
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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Instrument Musician Oneself Thankful
First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Art Creation Imitation Innovation 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
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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Imagination Myself Patience People Play

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

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