If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
MILES DAVISFood makes my mind sluggish.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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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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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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