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.
MILES DAVISI like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
More Miles Davis Quotes
-
-
Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
MILES DAVIS -
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
MILES DAVIS -
Always look ahead, but never look back.
MILES DAVIS -
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVIS -
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
MILES DAVIS -
Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVIS -
People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
MILES DAVIS -
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.
MILES DAVIS -
I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
MILES DAVIS -
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS -
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.
MILES DAVIS -
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS -
If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
MILES DAVIS -
I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
MILES DAVIS -
Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVIS