To keep creating you have to be about change.
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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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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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.
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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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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 have to ask, you’ll never know.
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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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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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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.
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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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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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