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Miles Davis

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Ideas Judgement Man Project
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Freedom Ignorance Knowledge Slave
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
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Follow Musician Revolution
If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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Kill Live Man Myself Slow White
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Creation Finding Future Life Myself Start Thinking
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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Enjoyment Listening White
I 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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Artistic Music People Reach Thinking
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Instrument Man Myself Player
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Play Slow Speed Yourself
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play Yourself
If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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Determination Note Play Wrong Yourself

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