If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
MILES DAVISIn Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
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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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Play what you know and then play above that
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First you imitate, then you innovate.
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That’s the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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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 think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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