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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.

Miles Davis

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.
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Eat Feeling Myself Strong Watch World
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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Comfortable Feeling Known
I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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Thinking Tolerance
Play what you know and then play above that
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Instrument Known Music Play 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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Known Myself Woman
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Idol Inspirational Myself
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Finding Music Notes Oneself Play Worry
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
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
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
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music Play
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
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
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
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Hear Music Painting See Yourself
To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Change Creation Yourself

I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.

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