Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
MILES DAVISIf you have to ask, you’ll never know.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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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.
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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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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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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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Play what you know and then play above that
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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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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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