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.
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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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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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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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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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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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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