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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

Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
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
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 not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
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
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Freedom Ignorance Knowledge Slave
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Fear Instrument Mistake Musician None One Liner
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 can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Horn Instrument Play Yourself
I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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Thinking Tolerance
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
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
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
Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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Comfortable Music Reason

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