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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

Miles Davis

People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
MILES DAVIS

Enough Hype People Understand
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.
MILES DAVIS

Down Feeling Foot Goodness Music Word Yourself
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
MILES DAVIS

Instrument Musician Oneself Thankful
It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
MILES DAVIS

Change Creation Safety Stand Yourself
I always listen to what I can leave out.
MILES DAVIS

Leave Listening Myself
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
MILES DAVIS

Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
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.
MILES DAVIS

Art Greatness Music Play
I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS

Known Myself Woman
If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
MILES DAVIS

Attention Nervous Pay Yourself
In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVIS

Important Music Silence Sound
White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
MILES DAVIS

Known Label Thinking Yourself
For me, music and life are all about style.
MILES DAVIS

Life Music Style
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVIS

Feeling Genius One Liner
If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVIS

Behind Yourself
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.
MILES DAVIS

Challenge Greatness Humanity Recognition Sweet
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVIS

Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

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