If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVISThere are no wrong notes.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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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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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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My 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.
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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 have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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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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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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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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