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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

Miles Davis

I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVIS

Appearance Care Himself Myself
Music is the framework around the silence.
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Framework Music Perspective Silence
If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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Art Man Sacrifice Trust Woman Yourself
Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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Away Listening Music Time
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.
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Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
Music is an addiction.
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Addiction Music One Liner
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown Yourself
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVIS

Artistic Death Music Pieces
Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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Comfortable Music Reason
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Fear Instrument Mistake Musician None One Liner
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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Eat Feeling Myself Strong Watch World
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Instrument Play Yourself
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVIS

Idol Inspirational Myself
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS

Known Label Thinking Yourself

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