If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.

MILES DAVIS

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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.

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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.

MILES DAVIS

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.
MILES DAVIS

Oneself
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.

MILES DAVIS

If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
MILES DAVIS
Food makes my mind sluggish.

MILES DAVIS

Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Mindset
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.

MILES DAVIS

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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Known
Music is the framework around the silence.

MILES DAVIS

Music is the framework around the silence.
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Framework
I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.

MILES DAVIS

I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
MILES DAVIS

Lyrics
If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.

MILES DAVIS

If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
MILES DAVIS

Chance Hair
You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.

MILES DAVIS

You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVIS
You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.

MILES DAVIS

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
MILES DAVIS
Always listen for what you can leave out.

MILES DAVIS

Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Leave Listening
We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.

MILES DAVIS

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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Sadness White
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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For me, music and life are all about style.

MILES DAVIS

For me, music and life are all about style.
MILES DAVIS
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.

MILES DAVIS

Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
MILES DAVIS
We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.

MILES DAVIS

We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Addiction Audience Seen
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.

MILES DAVIS

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
MILES DAVIS

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