It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
MILES DAVIS[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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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.
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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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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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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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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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