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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.

Miles Davis

I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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Artistic Music People Reach Thinking
People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Enough Hype People Understand
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Instrument Man Myself Player
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Improvisation Mistake Spontaneous
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
There are no wrong notes.
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Music Notes One Liner Wrong
The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Change Help Music Play Way
It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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Change Creation Safety Stand 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
In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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Instrument Sound Walk Way Yourself
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
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
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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Ability Chemistry Known Play Togetherness
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself

It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.

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