"Sometimes [playing free] doesn't happen, because maybe a guy's wife'll come in, you know, and his ego will catch him. If everybody's completely just straight—without any old ladies over here, a fourth of whisky over there; if it's balanced right, it'll come off. It has to be. But when you get egos involved with playing free, you can't do it." - Miles Davis
source: Interview with Les Tomkins, 1969
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Charles Mingus Quotes
"If someone has been escaping reality, I don’t expect him to dig my music." - Charles Mingus
Eberhard Weber Quotes
"It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point." - Eberhard Weber
Dexter Gordon Quotes
"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche." - Dexter Gordon
Sun Ra Quotes
"What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth." - Sun Ra
