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Miles Davis

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
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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Comfortable Feeling Known
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.
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Challenge Greatness Humanity Recognition Sweet
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
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
I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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Call Known Legend Music Myself
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
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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Appearance Care Himself Myself
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
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
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
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Drugs Feeling Music
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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Children Heritage History Learning Ourselves Story

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