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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!

Miles Davis

I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Best Lips Myself Play
I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Creation Finding Future Life Myself Start Thinking
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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Music Myself Sell Word
Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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Attitude Character Musician Play
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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Art Greatness Music Play
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Comfortable Musician Ruin Yourself
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Change Help Music Play Way
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Eat Win Yourself
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Hear Music Painting See Yourself
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong

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