It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
MILES DAVISPlay what you know and then play above that
More Miles Davis Quotes
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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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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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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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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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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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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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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There are no wrong notes.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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