I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
MILES DAVISJazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
More Miles Davis Quotes
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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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 ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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