Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
MILES DAVISIf you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Music is an addiction.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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