I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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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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He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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