In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISWhite folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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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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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 be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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