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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.

Miles Davis

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
To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Change Creation Yourself
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
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Improvisation Mistake Spontaneous
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Change Help Music Play Way
In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Important Music Silence Sound
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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Comfortable Feeling Known
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
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
I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Leave Listening Myself
I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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Call Known Legend Music Myself
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
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
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Behind Yourself

I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.

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