I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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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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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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