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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.

Miles Davis

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
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Known Play 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
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
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.
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Oneself People Question Sound Time
In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Important Music Silence Sound
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Greatness Human Sound Voice World
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
First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Art Creation Imitation Innovation Yourself
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.
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Greatness Musician Spirit Walk Work Yourself
You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Feeling Impossible Sound Time 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.
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Imagination Myself Patience People Play
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown Yourself
I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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Thinking Tolerance
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
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See

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