In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISAnybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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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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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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