There are no wrong notes.
MILES DAVISIf you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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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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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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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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