Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVISI’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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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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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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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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