Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVISIt’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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There are no wrong notes.
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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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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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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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!”
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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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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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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