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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.

Miles Davis

Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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Change Creation Safety Stand Yourself
Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Answer Call Myself Phone
First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Art Creation Imitation Innovation Yourself
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
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Ideas Judgement Man Project
I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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Imagination Myself Patience People Play
If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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Goodness Music Myself Time Video
If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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Determination Note Play Wrong Yourself
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Goodness Music
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning 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 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
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Myself Understand Yourself

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