Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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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.
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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There are no wrong notes.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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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.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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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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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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