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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!

Miles Davis

If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
MILES DAVIS

Determination Note Play Wrong Yourself
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
Music is an addiction.
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Addiction Music One Liner
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVIS

Myself Understand Yourself
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVIS

Idol Inspirational Myself
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
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
For me, music and life are all about style.
MILES DAVIS

Life Music Style
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
MILES DAVIS

Unknown Yourself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Imagination Myself Patience People Play
Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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Heart Known Musician Person Play Yourself
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Eat Win Yourself
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
MILES DAVIS

Father Myself Play Suffering

If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!

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