In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
MILES DAVISIt’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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What’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.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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