“the important thing is not what we (look) like, but the role we play in our best friend's life.”
Source: If You Could See Me Now
“What we play is life.”
Variant: What we play is life.
Source: Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings
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“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.”
Miles Davis
(1926–1991) American jazz musician
In SPIN (December 1990). p. 30, and in many other sources https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22play+anything+on+a+horn%22+miles+davis#hl=en&q=%22don%27t+play+what%27s+there%22+not+davis&tbm=bks, but I can't find the original one.
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