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People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype.

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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 can hear what I want [people] to play. If you don't hear what you want someone to play, then you can't tell 'em.
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If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!
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