When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
MILES DAVISYou 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.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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