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.
MILES DAVISI can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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The only reason to write a new song is because you’re tired of the old ones.
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Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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Music is an addiction.
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I don’t like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there’s no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don’t know.
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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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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention.
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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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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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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!
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