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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.

Miles Davis

If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
MILES DAVIS

Determination Note Play Wrong Yourself
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Musician Notes Play Yourself
I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Leave Listening Myself
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Eat Win Yourself
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
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Learning Play Yourself
I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Best Lips Myself Play
Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening 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
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Improvisation Mistake Spontaneous
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Learning Practice Sound Time 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
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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Music Myself Sell Word
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time

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