You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
MILES DAVISYou should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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My 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.
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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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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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