Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
MILES DAVISWhen you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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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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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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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.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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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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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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