I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
MILES DAVISA painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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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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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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