People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
MILES DAVISYou know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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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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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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