My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
MILES DAVISYou have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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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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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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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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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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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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