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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

Miles Davis

Food makes my mind sluggish.
MILES DAVIS

Food Mindset Myself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Music Myself Sell Word
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
MILES DAVIS

Comfortable Feeling Known
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
MILES DAVIS

Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Music Play Right Wrong Yourself
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVIS

Appearance Care Himself Myself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
MILES DAVIS

Musician Myself Play Time
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
MILES DAVIS

Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
MILES DAVIS

Enough Hype People Understand
Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
MILES DAVIS

Heart Known Musician Person Play Yourself
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
MILES DAVIS

Music Myself Name Play
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
MILES DAVIS

Acceptance Mistake Yourself
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVIS

Behind Yourself
In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVIS

Important Music Silence Sound

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

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