It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISI’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Music is an addiction.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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