It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISIt takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
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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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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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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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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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