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Miles Davis Quotes: Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
         

Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.


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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow.



It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.



In music, silence is more important than sound.

In music, silence is more important than sound.



I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.



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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery



Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.



Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.



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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.



A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.

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