You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
MILES DAVISYou can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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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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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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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.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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