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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.

Miles Davis

I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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Enjoyment Listening White
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
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
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Instrument Play Yourself
In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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Best Discrimination Musician Myself White
For me, music and life are all about style.
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Life Music Style
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Behind Yourself
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Feeling Genius One Liner
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Addiction Audience Music Myself Play Seen
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
There are no wrong notes.
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Music Notes One Liner Wrong
It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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Expectation Herself Instrument Musician Performance Practice Time Understand
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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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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