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!”
MILES DAVISIf you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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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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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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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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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 have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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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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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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