If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
MILES DAVISThere are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Play what you know and then play above that
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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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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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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.
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