It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISA painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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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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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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Play what you know and then play above that
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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