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In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.
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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Sometimes, if you ask people to go downstairs and get me this or that, they'll say, It's rainin or It might rain, or There's some bumpy roads on the road, or bla-bla-bla. They give you all those excuses, so when they do something which is easy, you're supposed to say, Damn, you did 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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We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.
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He sounded to me like he's supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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Dave [Holland] plays the way he wants to play. And it's usually what's needed. You know, Dave is such a deep thinker. You can't tell him too much, else it might spoil his spirit, you know.
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If you have a tone like mine that is recognizable. No matter what I play, when you hear my tone you can tell it's me.
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Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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