If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
MILES DAVISTo keep creating you have to be about change.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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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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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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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.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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There are no wrong notes.
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