Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.
Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.
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.
It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins.