The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
MILES DAVISDon’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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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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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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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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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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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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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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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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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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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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Music is the framework around the silence.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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