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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

Miles Davis

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Freedom Ignorance Knowledge Slave
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Comfortable Musician Ruin Yourself
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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Sound Time Yourself
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Greatness Human Sound Voice World
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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Enjoyment Listening White
My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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Father Myself Play Suffering
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
People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Enough Hype People Understand
If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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Goodness Music Myself Time Video
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Old Reason Tired Writing Yourself
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
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

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