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

Miles Davis

Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
MILES DAVIS

Answer Call Myself Phone
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
MILES DAVIS

Note Place Wrong
I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
MILES DAVIS

Entertainment Musician Myself Trying
If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
MILES DAVIS

Chance Eyes Hair Love Morning Night Yourself
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVIS

Behind Yourself
I always listen to what I can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening Myself
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
MILES DAVIS

Unknown Yourself
I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
MILES DAVIS

Artistic Music People Reach Thinking
You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
MILES DAVIS

Feeling Impossible Sound Time Yourself
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
MILES DAVIS

Comfortable Feeling Known
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

Art Man Sacrifice Trust Woman Yourself
That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
MILES DAVIS

Attitude Negative Vibe Way Woman Yourself
We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
MILES DAVIS

Addiction Audience Music Myself Play Seen
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.
MILES DAVIS

Best Discrimination Musician Myself White
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
MILES DAVIS

Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening Yourself

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