It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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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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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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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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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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There are no wrong notes.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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