Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
MILES DAVISWe’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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