The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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 don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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There are no wrong notes.
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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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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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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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Music is an addiction.
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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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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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