Music is an addiction.
MILES DAVISIf 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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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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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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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Some 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.
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