Food makes my mind sluggish.
MILES DAVISI 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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Jazz 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.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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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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I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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