Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVISAlways listen for what you can leave out.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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