Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
MILES DAVISGood music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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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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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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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 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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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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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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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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