Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVISYou should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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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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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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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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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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