Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
MILES DAVISGood music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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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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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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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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