It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISI 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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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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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.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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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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There are no wrong notes.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Music is an addiction.
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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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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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