Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
MILES DAVISDo not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
MILES DAVISIf 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.
MILES DAVISIf 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.
MILES DAVISAnybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
MILES DAVISYou can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
MILES DAVISYou can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVISA legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
MILES DAVISSome 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.
MILES DAVISI know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
MILES DAVISI never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVISIf you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
MILES DAVISIn music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISIt’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISI usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
MILES DAVISYou should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
MILES DAVISFirst you imitate, then you innovate.
MILES DAVIS