black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.

Miles Davis

I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
MILES DAVIS

Best Lips Myself Play
If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
MILES DAVIS

Goodness Music Myself Time Video
It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

Sound Time Yourself
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS

Known Label Thinking Yourself
I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
MILES DAVIS

Lyrics Music Myself People Play Writing
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
MILES DAVIS

Goodness Music
In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVIS

Important Music Silence Sound
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.
MILES DAVIS

Ability Chemistry Known Play Togetherness
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVIS

Idol Inspirational Myself
Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
MILES DAVIS

Art Celebrity Form Man Money Musician
If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVIS

Known Play Yourself
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVIS

Appearance Care Himself Myself
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play Sadness White
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVIS

Behind Yourself
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
MILES DAVIS

Comfortable Musician Ruin Yourself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Best Blow Domination Game People Run Yourself

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Miles Davis Quotes