Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
MILES DAVISWhen the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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