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.
MILES DAVIS[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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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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Play what you know and then play above that
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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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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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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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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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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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