First you imitate, then you innovate.
MILES DAVISKeith, how does it feel to be a genius?
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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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’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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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