Play what you know and then play above that
MILES DAVISIt’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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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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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Music is an addiction.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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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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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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