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 DAVISKeith, how does it feel to be a genius?
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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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 think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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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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