It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
MILES DAVISI like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies – other people can’t get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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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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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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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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In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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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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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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Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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