Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
MILES DAVISYou know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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 dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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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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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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