I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
MILES DAVISDon’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Music is an addiction.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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