You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
MILES DAVISIt’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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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.
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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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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You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
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[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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