At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
MILES DAVISAlways look ahead, but never look back.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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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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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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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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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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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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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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