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.
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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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There are no wrong notes.
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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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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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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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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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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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