You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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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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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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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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’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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