It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISYou can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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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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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Music is an addiction.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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