If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
MILES DAVISI’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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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.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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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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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they’re still here and passing it on to others.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Play what you know and then play above that
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