We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
MILES DAVISIf you have to ask, you’ll never know.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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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There are no wrong notes.
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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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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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