My future starts when I wake up every morning.
MILES DAVISAt least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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