Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
MILES DAVISColtrane, you cant play everything at once!
More Miles Davis Quotes
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Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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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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Always look ahead, but never look back.
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You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
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You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
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I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
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All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
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I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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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 somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.
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When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
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In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
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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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