Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
MILES DAVISGood music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
MILES DAVISIn improvisation, there are no mistakes.
MILES DAVISYou have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISMusic is an addiction.
MILES DAVISSometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
MILES DAVISYou can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
MILES DAVISIf you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVISI’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.
MILES DAVISIt takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISYou can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
MILES DAVISIn high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
MILES DAVISThere are no wrong notes.
MILES DAVISMusic is the framework around the silence.
MILES DAVISI 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.
MILES DAVISIn other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
MILES DAVIS[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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