Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
MILES DAVISThe only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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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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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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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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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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My future starts when I wake up every morning.
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