Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
MILES DAVISI think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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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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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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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.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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