It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
MILES DAVISA legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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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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I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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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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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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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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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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