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The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.
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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I've come close to matching the feeling of that night in 1944 in music, when I first heard Diz and Bird, but I've never got there. . . . I'm always looking for it, listening and feeling for it, though, trying to always feel it in and through the music I play everyday.
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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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When we edit the music, I always remember, It's my band. Save me a place to play.
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