Play what you know and then play above that
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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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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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.
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
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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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I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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With “We Are The World,” I can’t even eat when I watch that on television. If I’m eatin’ some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.
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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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Music is an addiction.
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