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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.

Miles Davis

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

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

Horn Instrument Play Yourself
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
MILES DAVIS

Hear Music Painting See Yourself
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
MILES DAVIS

Old Reason Tired Writing Yourself
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
MILES DAVIS

Note Place Wrong
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
MILES DAVIS

Himself Musician Myself Person Play Stand
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
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

Be Yourself Musician Play Time
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
MILES DAVIS

Love Music Myself Play Quit
I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
MILES DAVIS

Art Greatness Music Play
Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
MILES DAVIS

Heart Known Musician Person Play Yourself
To keep creating you have to be about change.
MILES DAVIS

Change Creation Yourself
Food makes my mind sluggish.
MILES DAVIS

Food Mindset Myself
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
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.
MILES DAVIS

Chance Eyes Hair Love Morning Night Yourself

In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.

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