I always listen to what I can leave out.
MILES DAVISPlay what you know and then play above that
More Miles Davis Quotes
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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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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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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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Music is an addiction.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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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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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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