Always listen for what you can leave out.
MILES DAVISI usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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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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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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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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I’m not messing around with nobody’s woman. If I want a woman I go get her – you know what I mean?
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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