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 DAVISIf you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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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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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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I 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.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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