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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.

Miles Davis

Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
MILES DAVIS

Musician Myself Play Time
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Ideas Judgement Man Project
In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Important Music Silence Sound
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
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
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Eat Win Yourself
That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Attitude Negative Vibe Way Woman Yourself
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Musician Notes Play Yourself
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Feeling Genius One Liner
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Instrument Man Myself Player
You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Feeling Impossible 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
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.
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Father Myself Play Suffering
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Play Slow Speed Yourself
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

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