Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
MILES DAVISWhite folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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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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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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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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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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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 don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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