First you imitate, then you innovate.
MILES DAVIS
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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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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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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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.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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