My future starts when I wake up every morning.
MILES DAVISGood music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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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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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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Music is an addiction.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
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