If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVISYou can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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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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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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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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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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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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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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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