All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVISWe don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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There are no wrong notes.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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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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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Music is an addiction.
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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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