Dizzy Gillespie

It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#life #me #my life #play #taken

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#homeopathy #musicians #life

I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

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I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

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I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

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They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#dance #fifth #long #particular #playing

How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

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Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#get #men #more #music #serious