Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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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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.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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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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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Music is an addiction.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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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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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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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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