I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
MILES DAVISYou can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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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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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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