Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVISKeith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVISGood music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
MILES DAVISJazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
MILES DAVISI always listen to what I can leave out.
MILES DAVISBebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
MILES DAVISCertain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
MILES DAVISIt’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISWhen kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
MILES DAVISLook, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
MILES DAVISI think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
MILES DAVISI know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
MILES DAVISI never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVISIf you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
MILES DAVISThat’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
MILES DAVISI ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
MILES DAVISWith “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
MILES DAVIS