You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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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 think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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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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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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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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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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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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