My future starts when I wake up every morning.
MILES DAVISI 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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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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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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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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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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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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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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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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