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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?

Miles Davis

Music is the framework around the silence.
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Framework Music Perspective Silence
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Greatness Human Sound Voice World
If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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Art Man Sacrifice Trust Woman Yourself
I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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Myself Rhythm Writing
If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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Goodness Music Myself Time Video
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
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Afraid Inspirational Mistake
What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Play Slow Speed Yourself
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 can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Old Reason Tired Writing Yourself
I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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Thinking Tolerance
That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Attitude Negative Vibe Way Woman Yourself
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Comfortable Musician Ruin Yourself

I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?

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