A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
MILES DAVISDo not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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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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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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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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