I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
MILES DAVISSome 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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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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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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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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Music is the framework around the silence.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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