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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.

Miles Davis

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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Artistic Death Music Pieces
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Feeling Impossible Sound Time Yourself
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
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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Known Man Myself Old
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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Known Music Myself People Stupidity
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.
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Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Future Morning Myself Start Wake Up
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
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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Music Play Sadness White
It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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Expectation Herself Instrument Musician Performance Practice Time Understand
I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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Call Known Legend Music Myself

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