It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISWhat’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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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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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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There are no wrong notes.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Music is an addiction.
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