Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
MILES DAVISAll my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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