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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.

Miles Davis

I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
MILES DAVIS

Artistic Music People Reach Thinking
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
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
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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Known Man Myself Old
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
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 know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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Call Known Legend Music Myself
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Music Myself Name Play
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Musician Notes Play Yourself
It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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Sound Time Yourself
When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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Children Heritage History Learning Ourselves Story
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
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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Acceptance Mistake Yourself

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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