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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.

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Miles Davis
Age: 65 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 26
Died: 1991
Died: September 28
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you it's supposed to sound like you - the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.
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I don't wanna talk about Teo [Macero]. He's a helluva musician, a brilliant musician, but he's just not for me, that's all. I can elaborate on it, but I don't want to do that.
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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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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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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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If you don't know what to play, play nothing.
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When we edit the music, I always remember, It's my band. Save me a place to play.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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I can tell. I'm gifted with that, you know. When I hear that the tempo is slightly off, it's hard for me.
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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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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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I said to [Lionel] Richie, Man, my wife says you must really respect women because you write such beautiful love songs.
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I would never try and play like Harry James, because I don't like his tone - for me. It's just white. You know what I mean? He has what we black trumpet players call a white sound. But it's for white music ... I can tell a white trumpet player, just listening to a record. There'll be something he'll do that'll let me know that he's white.
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I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.
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