Play what you know and then play above that
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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Music is an addiction.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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