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.
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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Music is an addiction.
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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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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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There are no wrong notes.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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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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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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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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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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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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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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