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To keep creating you have to be about change.
Miles Davis
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Miles Davis
Age: 65 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 26
Died: 1991
Died: September 28
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Miles Dewey Davis III
Miles Dewey Davis
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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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Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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