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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!

Miles Davis

I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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Myself Rhythm Writing
Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Food Mindset Myself
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Musician Notes Play Yourself
I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Leave Listening Myself
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
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
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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Comfortable Feeling Known
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
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
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
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Drugs Feeling Music
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
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Greatness Human Sound Voice World
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Goodness Music

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