There are no wrong notes.
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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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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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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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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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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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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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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