I can’t write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don’t never write for myself.
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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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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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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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything – you know what I mean?
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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I always listen to what I can leave out.
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