I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
MILES DAVISWhen 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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There are no wrong notes.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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