Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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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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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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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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!”
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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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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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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