Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
MILES DAVISIf you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Music is an addiction.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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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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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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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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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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