Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
MILES DAVISIn improvisation, there are no mistakes.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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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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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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There are no wrong notes.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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