My father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
MILES DAVISAmericans 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.
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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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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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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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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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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