Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVISDon’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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If 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.
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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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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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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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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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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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