If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVISIf you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
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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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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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