If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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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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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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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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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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