When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
MILES DAVISColtrane, you cant play everything at once!
More Miles Davis Quotes
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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 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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If you don’t know what to play, play nothing.
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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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Play what you know and then play above that
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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.
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If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.
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You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.
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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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To keep creating you have to be about change.
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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
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Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
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