You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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If 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.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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