I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVISJazz 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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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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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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