One of my favourite Miles Davis lines was on how to start a solo - "Think of a note, then don't play it."
Dave Stewart (Hatfield & the North, Egg, Bruford et al) says he worked out which note not to play, but wasn't sure which of the other 11 he should choose..
I think he decided it was "B♭" that Miles meant.. ?
I also loved his advice to Coltrane about how to stop soloing - "Just take the ####### horn out of your mouth."
Just a few more lovely lines -
“If you don't know what to play, play nothing.”
“It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.”
“Don't play what's there; play what's not there.”
Sorry to run off topic, it's been a long day.