Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVISMy ego only needs a good rhythm section.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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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 improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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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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There are no wrong notes.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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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 you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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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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