All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
MILES DAVISJazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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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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