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.
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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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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You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Music is an addiction.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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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.
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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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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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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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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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If you have to ask, you’ll never know.
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