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.
MILES DAVISDo not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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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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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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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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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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