It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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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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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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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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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’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Music is an addiction.
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