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!”
MILES DAVISMy future starts when I wake up every morning.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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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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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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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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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Music is an addiction.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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