In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISTo keep creating you have to be about change.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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There are no wrong notes.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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In 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.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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What’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.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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