In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
MILES DAVISThat’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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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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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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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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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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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 Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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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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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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