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Dizzy Gillespie quotes: It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.

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

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done.

I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: 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

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 quotes: Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.

I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.

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

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

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

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

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

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: I know all the Latin-American rhythms quite well, but I don't play them exactly like they do in their own country - I add my personal touch.

I know all the Latin-American rhythms quite well, but I don't play them exactly like they do in their own country - I add my personal touch.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: There are a lot of great players ... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.

There are a lot of great players ... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.

Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Mutual respect is so important because as soon as it disappears in relations between you and the next person, there's trouble.

Mutual respect is so important because as soon as it disappears in relations between you and the next person, there's trouble.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: When I grow up I want to be just like Benny Carter!

When I grow up I want to be just like Benny Carter!

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Everyone wants to put people on, I think. And get away with it! That's the thing: put people on and get away with it! That's a science in itself.

Everyone wants to put people on, I think. And get away with it! That's the thing: put people on and get away with it! That's a science in itself.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: The idea of life is to give and receive.

The idea of life is to give and receive.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.

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

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 quotes: We loved one another, man. I mean all those stories about the rift ... there was no question of a rift between Charlie Parker and me.

We loved one another, man. I mean all those stories about the rift ... there was no question of a rift between Charlie Parker and me.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Jazz will be the classical music of the future.

Jazz will be the classical music of the future.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.

Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.

You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.

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

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

Dizzy Gillespie quotes: Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!

Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!