The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
MILES DAVISAlways look ahead, but never look back.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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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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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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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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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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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