In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISThat’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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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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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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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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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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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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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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