It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
MILES DAVISIf you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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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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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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Music is an addiction.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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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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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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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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