I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVISI used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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If 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.
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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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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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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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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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