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.
MILES DAVISIt’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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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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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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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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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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