You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
MILES DAVISIf you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
More Miles Davis Quotes
-
-
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
MILES DAVIS -
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
MILES DAVIS -
I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS -
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.
MILES DAVIS -
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
MILES DAVIS -
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS -
First you imitate, then you innovate.
MILES DAVIS -
The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
MILES DAVIS -
You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
MILES DAVIS -
Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVIS -
In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVIS -
It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
MILES DAVIS -
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
MILES DAVIS -
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS -
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.
MILES DAVIS