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My future starts when I wake up every morning.

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
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
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Instrument Play Yourself
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’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Music Myself Name Play
Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Leave Listening 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
With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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Eat Feeling Myself Strong Watch World
You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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Best Blow Domination Game People Run 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
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Greatness Human Sound Voice World
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 is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Drugs Feeling Music
Music is the framework around the silence.
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Framework Music Perspective Silence
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
It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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Sound Time Yourself
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Feeling Genius One Liner
We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Addiction Audience Music Myself Play Seen
For me, music and life are all about style.
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Life Music Style
I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Known Myself Woman
Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Food Mindset Myself
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Musician Oneself Thankful

My future starts when I wake up every morning.

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