To keep creating you have to be about change.
MILES DAVISIf I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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Play what you know and then play above that
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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