The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
MILES DAVISIf you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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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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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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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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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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