Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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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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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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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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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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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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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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