In music, silence is more important than sound.
MILES DAVISI can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don’t know what to tell a person that can’t – if you can’t tell a person what you’re talkin’ about when they’re rushin’ or droppin’ the tempo, you get somebody else.
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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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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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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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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
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I ain’t no entertainer, and ain’t trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
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I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it – like, they say “rock”. Because the white singers can’t sound like James Brown, they call him “soul”. They’ve been doing that for years. That’s the prejudice crap.
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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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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
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