Music is the framework around the silence.
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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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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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I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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There are no wrong notes.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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