The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
MILES DAVISI’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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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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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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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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