All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVISAll my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVISWhat’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
MILES DAVISYou can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
MILES DAVISI like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
MILES DAVISThe thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
MILES DAVISYou have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISPlay what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVISTo keep creating you have to be about change.
MILES DAVISIn music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISI’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
MILES DAVISA legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
MILES DAVISPeople will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
MILES DAVISI 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.
MILES DAVISThere are no wrong notes.
MILES DAVISIn other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
MILES DAVISSometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
MILES DAVIS