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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.

Miles Davis

I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
MILES DAVIS

Music Myself Name Play
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play Sadness White
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
MILES DAVIS

Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
MILES DAVIS

Oneself People Question Sound Time
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!”
MILES DAVIS

Goodness Music Myself Time Video
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS

Known Play Yourself
I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
MILES DAVIS

Entertainment Musician Myself Trying
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Music Play Right Yourself
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Man Myself Player
What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
MILES DAVIS

Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Lyrics Music Myself People Play Writing
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
MILES DAVIS

Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
Always look ahead, but never look back.
MILES DAVIS

Forward Future Past See
Food makes my mind sluggish.
MILES DAVIS

Food Mindset Myself
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVIS

Feeling Genius One Liner

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