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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.

Miles Davis

The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
MILES DAVIS

Change Help Music Play Way
You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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Instrument Person Play Yourself
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Eat Win Yourself
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
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
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown Yourself
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Behind Yourself
I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Creation Finding Future Life Myself Start Thinking
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Known Play Yourself
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
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Instrument Music Play Right Yourself
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Feeling Genius One Liner
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
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself

I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.

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