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First you imitate, then you innovate.

Miles Davis

If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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Chance Eyes Hair Love Morning Night Yourself
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
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Hear Music Painting See Yourself
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
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
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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Heart Known Musician Person Play Yourself
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Eat Win Yourself
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Myself Understand 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
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Musician Notes Play Yourself
It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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Instrument Music Play Right Wrong Yourself
I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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Entertainment Musician Myself Trying
You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Horn Instrument Play Yourself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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