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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

Miles Davis

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

Love Music Myself Play Quit
My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
MILES DAVIS

Father Myself Play Suffering
In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Sound Walk Way Yourself
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Future Morning Myself Start Wake Up
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Funny Music Thinking Yourself
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
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.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Food Mindset Myself
That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
MILES DAVIS

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

Appearance Care Himself Myself
It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

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

Behind Yourself
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Known Play Yourself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS

Music 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
You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
MILES DAVIS

Horn Instrument Play Yourself

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