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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.

Miles Davis

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
When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
MILES DAVIS

Greatness Musician Spirit Walk Work Yourself
Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
MILES DAVIS

Music Myself Sell Word
Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

Learning Play Yourself
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
MILES DAVIS

Play Slow Speed Yourself
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
MILES DAVIS

Old Reason Tired Writing 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
Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
MILES DAVIS

Away Listening Music Time
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 can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVIS

Eat Win Yourself
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
MILES DAVIS

Comfortable Feeling Known
I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
MILES DAVIS

Creation Finding Future Life Myself Start Thinking
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVIS

Myself Understand Yourself
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
MILES DAVIS

Future Morning Myself Start Wake Up
For me, music and life are all about style.
MILES DAVIS

Life Music Style

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