If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.

MILES DAVIS

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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.

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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.

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

Musician
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.

MILES DAVIS

My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
MILES DAVIS

Ego Rhythm Section
If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.

MILES DAVIS

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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Note
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.

MILES DAVIS

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
MILES DAVIS
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.

MILES DAVIS

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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Artistic Pieces
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.

MILES DAVIS

Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
MILES DAVIS
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?

MILES DAVIS

White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Known Label
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

MILES DAVIS

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
MILES DAVIS
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.

MILES DAVIS

We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
MILES DAVIS

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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

MILES DAVIS

I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVIS
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.

MILES DAVIS

If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Unknown
Play what you know and then play above that

MILES DAVIS

Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVIS

Known
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

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
You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.

MILES DAVIS

You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
MILES DAVIS
I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.

MILES DAVIS

I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
MILES DAVIS

Known
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.

MILES DAVIS

If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS

Known

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