It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISWhen the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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Music is the framework around the silence.
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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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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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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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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 you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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