"It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play."

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Source : "Biopic Of The Cool: Don Cheadle Channels A Jazz Legend In 'Miles Ahead'" by Amy Nicholson, www.mtv.com. March 30, 2016.

Miles Davis

#Play Quotes #Notes Quotes

“Every time I see a musician - it doesn't matter what age - that inspires me, there's always a secret little wish that maybe we'll play together, because that's how I learn and grow and so forth, you know. But hopefully there's a lot more.”
“I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.”
“A sentence well couched takes both the sense and understanding. I love not those cart-rope speeches that are longer than the memory of man can fathom.”
“[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures that people experience the consequences of their own acts. Property sets up fences, but it also surrounds us with mirrors, reflecting back upon us the consequences of our own behavior.”
“Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the narrative of evolutionary history.”
“Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.”
“...oppression is as American as apple pie...”
“I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.”

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