It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVISDo not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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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 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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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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