I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
MILES DAVISI can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I 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.
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When kids don’t learn about their own heritage in school, they just don’t care about school… But you won’t see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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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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I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
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We don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
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Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you’re in love.
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Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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If I hear a song like “Time After Time.” I’m sittin’ there lookin’ at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin’ this song. I said, “God damnnnnn!”
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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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I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
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