Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
MILES DAVISI ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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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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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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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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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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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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