A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
MILES DAVISI’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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.
MILES DAVISI’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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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVISIf you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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.
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.
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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.
MILES DAVISWhen 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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
MILES DAVISYou know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
MILES DAVISI think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
MILES DAVISTo keep creating you have to be about change.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISYou have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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You can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
MILES DAVISYou can’t eat a winner’s plaque.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
MILES DAVISFor me, music and life are all about style.
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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.
MILES DAVISI 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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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
MILES DAVISMusic is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
MILES DAVISI never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
MILES DAVISI can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
MILES DAVISMusic is the framework around the silence.
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