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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.

Miles Davis

A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
MILES DAVIS

Known Man Myself Old
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
There are no wrong notes.
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Music Notes One Liner Wrong
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.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
MILES DAVIS

Drugs Feeling Music
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
MILES DAVIS

Acceptance Mistake Yourself
Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
MILES DAVIS

Challenge Greatness Humanity Recognition Sweet
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Known Play 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
I always listen to what I can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening Myself
I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
MILES DAVIS

Best Lips Myself Play
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
MILES DAVIS

Ideas Judgement Man Project
Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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Comfortable Music Reason
We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Addiction Audience Music Myself Play Seen
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Future Morning Myself Start Wake Up

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