Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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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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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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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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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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There are no wrong notes.
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