Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
MILES DAVISI 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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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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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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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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