If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
MILES DAVISIf 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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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 can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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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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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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