You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
MILES DAVISDrummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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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.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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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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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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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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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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