You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISAmericans 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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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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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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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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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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