Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVISHe sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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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 think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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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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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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