Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.”
— Miles Davis · Time
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“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.”
“Prince is from the school of James Brown, and I love James Brown because of all the great rhythms he plays.”
“Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.”
“For me, music and life are all about style.”
“It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him.”
“If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!”
More Time Quotes
“It makes me wonder, Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or forget things? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives? I don't know.”
“Money can buy moments, but time creates memories—those who honor both, live beyond riches.”
“Yeah shorten it. The original had an urgency that if you don’t practice creation, time will run out.”
“The fact that it is time consuming is somewhat the point. That a professor takes the time to write a good letter is a sign that they support the student's application. We are setting our time on fire to signal to others that this letter is worth reading.”
“Who’s to know if any sacrifice is worth it? But time always tells.”
“Yesterday I cut an orchid, for my buttonhole.”