Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
MILES DAVISIt takes a long time to sound like yourself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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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 not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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There are no wrong notes.
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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 a long time to sound like yourself.
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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