I always listen to what I can leave out.
MILES DAVISYou have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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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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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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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’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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