I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
MILES DAVISIn music, silence is more important than sound.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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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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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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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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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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