black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Always listen for what you can leave out.

Miles Davis

[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
MILES DAVIS

Comfortable Feeling Known
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
MILES DAVIS

Drugs Feeling Music
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 DAVIS

Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Person Play Yourself
Food makes my mind sluggish.
MILES DAVIS

Food Mindset Myself
It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
MILES DAVIS

Musician Notes Play Yourself
My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
MILES DAVIS

Ego Goodness Myself Rhythm Section
In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
MILES DAVIS

Acceptance Mistake Yourself
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS

Music Play
Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
MILES DAVIS

Afraid Inspirational Mistake
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
MILES DAVIS

Comfortable Music Reason
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
MILES DAVIS

Funny Music Thinking Yourself
I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
MILES DAVIS

Known Music Myself People Stupidity
If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVIS

Myself Understand Yourself
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

Always listen for what you can leave out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Always listen for what you can leave out.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Miles Davis Quotes