What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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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.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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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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