I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVISIf you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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