Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
MILES DAVISMusic is the framework around the silence.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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