Music is the framework around the silence.
MILES DAVISWe don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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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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What’s swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don’t have to ask anybody if that’s good music or not. You can always feel it.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Always listen for what you can leave out.
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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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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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Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
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In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it’s supposed to sound like you – the way you walk, the way you dress, you know.
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Don’t be afraid of mistakes – There are none.
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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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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section.
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