I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVISTo keep creating you have to be about change.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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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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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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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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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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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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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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