Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
MILES DAVISDon’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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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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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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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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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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