You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn’t played.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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You can’t compete with Sweets’ sound and time feel. It’s impossible.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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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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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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 know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
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I’ve always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that’s where great art and music happens.
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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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