He sounded to me like he’s supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
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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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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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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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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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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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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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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