It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
MILES DAVISThere are no wrong notes.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
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I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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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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