Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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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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Music is an addiction.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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