It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISIf you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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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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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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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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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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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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