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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.

Miles Davis

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
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 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
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
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Enough Hype People Understand
I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Best Lips Myself Play
That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Attitude Negative Vibe Way Woman Yourself
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Known Label Thinking Yourself
You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Horn Instrument Play Yourself
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Improvisation Mistake Spontaneous
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
MILES DAVIS

Play Slow Speed Yourself
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
To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Change Creation Yourself
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Art Creation Imitation Innovation 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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