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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.
MILES DAVIS

Eat Feeling Myself Strong Watch World
When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
MILES DAVIS

Greatness Musician Spirit Walk Work Yourself
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
MILES DAVIS

Goodness Music
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.
MILES DAVIS

Art Man Sacrifice Trust Woman Yourself
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVIS

Eat Win Yourself
Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening Yourself
Music is an addiction.
MILES DAVIS

Addiction Music One Liner
I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
MILES DAVIS

Thinking Tolerance
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
MILES DAVIS

Music Myself Name Play
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’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
MILES DAVIS

Creation Finding Future Life Myself Start Thinking
There are no wrong notes.
MILES DAVIS

Music Notes One Liner Wrong
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS

Known Play Yourself
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play Sadness White
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
MILES DAVIS

Future Morning Myself Start Wake Up
When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
MILES DAVIS

Children Heritage History Learning Ourselves Story

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