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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

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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Instrument Person Play Yourself
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Hear Music Painting See Yourself
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Follow Musician Revolution
I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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Lyrics Music Myself People Play Writing
I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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Myself Rhythm Writing
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Improvisation Mistake Spontaneous
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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Acceptance Mistake Yourself
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Drugs Feeling Music
In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Important Music Silence Sound
To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Change Creation Yourself
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Old Reason Tired Writing Yourself
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Fear Instrument Mistake Musician None One Liner
I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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Call Known Legend Music Myself

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.

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