I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
MILES DAVISIn music, silence is more important than sound.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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When 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.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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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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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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