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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
Miles Davis
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Miles Davis
Age: 65 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 26
Died: 1991
Died: September 28
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If you have to ask, you'll never know.
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Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education.
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As long as I've been playing, they never say I done anything. They always say that some white guy did it.
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That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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