The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
MILES DAVISYou can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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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.
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