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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.

Miles Davis

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
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Fear Instrument Mistake Musician None One Liner
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Change Creation Yourself
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
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
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.
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Instrument Musician Oneself Thankful
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Musician Notes Play Yourself
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Follow Musician Revolution
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
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
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
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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Artistic Death Music Pieces
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Myself Understand Yourself
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

If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.

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