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First you imitate, then you innovate.

Miles Davis

Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Answer Call Myself Phone
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Known Label Thinking Yourself
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
Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Leave Listening Yourself
Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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Away Listening Music Time
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Instrument Music Play Right Yourself
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Music Myself Name Play
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
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
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
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
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
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Musician Notes Play Yourself
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Behind Yourself
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

First you imitate, then you innovate.

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