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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.

Miles Davis

I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVIS

Appearance Care Himself Myself
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
MILES DAVIS

Greatness Human Sound Voice World
Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
MILES DAVIS

Attitude Character Musician Play
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
When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
MILES DAVIS

Children Heritage History Learning Ourselves Story
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS

Known Play Yourself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
MILES DAVIS

Funny Music Thinking Yourself
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVIS

Feeling Genius One Liner
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS

Known Label Thinking Yourself
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Man Myself Player
With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
MILES DAVIS

Eat Feeling Myself Strong Watch World
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.
MILES DAVIS

Lyrics Music Myself People Play Writing
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
MILES DAVIS

Note Place Wrong
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVIS

Idol Inspirational Myself

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