[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
MILES DAVISMy 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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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 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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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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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.
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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