When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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There are no wrong notes.
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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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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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