Always look ahead, but never look back.
MILES DAVISAll my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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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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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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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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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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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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There are no wrong notes.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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