You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
MILES DAVISI don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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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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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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