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.
MILES DAVISYou can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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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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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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I 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.
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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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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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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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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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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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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