I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
MILES DAVISIn Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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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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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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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 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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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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