I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
MILES DAVISI think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
MILES DAVISI know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
MILES DAVISI don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
MILES DAVISHe sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
MILES DAVISAnybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
MILES DAVISYou have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
MILES DAVISMy father’s rich, my momma’s good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I’ve never suffered and don’t intend to suffer.
MILES DAVISYou can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
MILES DAVISIf you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
MILES DAVISI like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
MILES DAVISIf you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
MILES DAVISYou should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
MILES DAVISIf you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
MILES DAVISIt takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISColtrane, you cant play everything at once!
MILES DAVISMusic is an addiction.
MILES DAVIS