You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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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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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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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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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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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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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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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My 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.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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