In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISI can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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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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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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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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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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