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Miles Davis Quotes: You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
         

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.


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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.



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