Music is an addiction.
MILES DAVISMy ego only needs a good rhythm section.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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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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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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