You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
MILES DAVISFirst you imitate, then you innovate.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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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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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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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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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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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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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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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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