First you imitate, then you innovate.
MILES DAVISGood music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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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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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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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 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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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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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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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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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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