It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISI used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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