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.
MILES DAVISWhen kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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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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Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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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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