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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

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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
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Known Label Thinking Yourself
You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Horn Instrument Play Yourself
There are no wrong notes.
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Music Notes One Liner Wrong
In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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Best Discrimination Musician Myself White
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
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
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
First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Art Creation Imitation Innovation Yourself
Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Leave Listening Yourself
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
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Behind Yourself
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Myself Understand Yourself
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Instrument Man Myself Player
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Freedom Ignorance Knowledge Slave

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