Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
MILES DAVISMy 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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I 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.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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I always listen to what I 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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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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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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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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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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