Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
MILES DAVISI never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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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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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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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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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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My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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