We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
MILES DAVISSometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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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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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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