Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.
MILES DAVISWe don’t play to be seen. I’m addicted to music, not audiences.
More Miles Davis Quotes
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I’m out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I’m still playing.
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Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.
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Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
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Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
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Food makes my mind sluggish.
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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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A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
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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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The way you change and help music is by tryin’ to invent new ways to play.
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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
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There are no wrong notes.
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