“It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.”

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.

The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.

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.

I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

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.

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?

I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.

All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.

Always look ahead, but never look back.

I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.

If you have to ask, you’ll never know.

Music is an addiction.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Nothing is safer than the sound of you reading aloud to me – the perfect date.

Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?

I loosen my grip to release this string because I am safe to let you in.

Books were safer than other people anyway.

At the heart of all men suffering lies the absence of safety, and from that absence, fear is born.

And darling, you’re safe here where these walls only want to watch you grow.

Your arms are my safe place like a tree for a bird in the rain.