First you imitate, then you innovate.
MILES DAVIS[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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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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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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There are no wrong notes.
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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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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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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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