Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
MILES DAVISIn high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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