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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.

Miles Davis

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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Instrument Person Play Yourself
For me, music and life are all about style.
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Life Music Style
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
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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Acceptance Mistake Yourself
Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
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Art Celebrity Form Man Money Musician
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
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
Music is an addiction.
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Addiction Music One Liner
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Be Yourself Musician Play Time
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Known Play 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
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.
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Ability Chemistry Known Play Togetherness
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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Comfortable Music Reason
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown Yourself
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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Myself Rhythm Writing

I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.

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