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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.

Miles Davis

My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Instrument Music Play Right Yourself
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Instrument Man Myself Player
He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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Oneself People Question Sound Time
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Feeling Genius One Liner
Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Forward Future Past See
People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Enough Hype People Understand
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Note Place Wrong
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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Imagination Myself Patience People Play
You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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Best Blow Domination Game People Run 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
Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Food Mindset Myself
You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Feeling Impossible Sound Time Yourself
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Musician Myself Play Time
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Answer Call Myself Phone
Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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Music Myself Sell Word
You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Horn Instrument Play Yourself
When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Play Slow Speed Yourself
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Improvisation Mistake Spontaneous
Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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Away Listening Music Time
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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Comfortable Feeling Known
I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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Call Known Legend Music Myself
I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Leave Listening Myself
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit

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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