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!”
MILES DAVISIn 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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Music is an addiction.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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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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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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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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