I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVISIt takes a long time to sound like yourself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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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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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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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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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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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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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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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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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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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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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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