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.
MILES DAVISThat 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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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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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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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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