For me, music and life are all about style.
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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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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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 have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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