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 DAVISColtrane, you cant play everything at once!
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can’t do what we do is because they’re so comfortable doin’ what they do.
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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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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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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
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Americans don’t like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don’t like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don’t like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make ’em a lot of money.
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People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype.
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If you’re going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
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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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Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
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You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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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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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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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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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 usually write from the rhythm section…If a drummer got a funky beat on some things – like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that’s even – I can write something.
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