Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
MILES DAVISDo not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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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 ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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