Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
MILES DAVISI know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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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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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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