The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
MILES DAVISIt 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?
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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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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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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In 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.
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You 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.
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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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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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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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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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