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.
MILES DAVISI’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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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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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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Music is an addiction.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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