Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
MILES DAVIS[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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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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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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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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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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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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