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.
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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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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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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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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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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