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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.

Miles Davis

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.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Sound Walk Way Yourself
Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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Artistic Death Music Pieces
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
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Myself Understand Yourself
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
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
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
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 takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Drugs Feeling Music
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
MILES DAVIS

Acceptance Mistake Yourself
There are no wrong notes.
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Music Notes One Liner Wrong
In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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Best Discrimination Musician Myself White
Music is the framework around the silence.
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Framework Music Perspective Silence
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Musician Oneself Thankful

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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