There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
MILES DAVISFirst you imitate, then you innovate.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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 a long time to sound like yourself.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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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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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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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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I 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.
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