Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVISGood music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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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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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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