Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVISI think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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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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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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