It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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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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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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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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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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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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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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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