When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
MILES DAVISThe way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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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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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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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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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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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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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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