I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
MILES DAVISYou know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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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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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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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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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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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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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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