Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
MILES DAVISMusic is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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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’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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