It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
MILES DAVISThat 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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I’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.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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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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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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