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Miles Davis quotes: There are no wrong notes. There are no wrong notes.
Miles Davis quotes: If you understood everything I said, you'd be me If you understood everything I said, you'd be me
Miles Davis quotes: Always listen for what you can leave out. Always listen for what you can leave out.
Miles Davis quotes: In music, silence is more important than sound. In music, silence is more important than sound.
Miles Davis quotes: I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap. I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.
Miles Davis quotes: Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it. Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.
Miles Davis quotes: Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery
Miles Davis quotes: It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself. It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
Miles Davis quotes: It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play. It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.
Miles Davis quotes: The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas. The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
Miles Davis quotes: It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it. It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.
Miles Davis quotes: White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything - you know what I mean? White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything - you know what I mean?
Miles Davis quotes: If you're trying to be hip, be hip. If you're trying to be hip, be hip.
Miles Davis quotes: 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. 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.
Miles Davis quotes: I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light. I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.
Miles Davis quotes: I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician. I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
Miles Davis quotes: It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit is that, but white people's shit? It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit is that, but white people's shit?
Miles Davis quotes: You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible. You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.
Miles Davis quotes: When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads
Miles Davis quotes: My ego only needs a good rhythm section My ego only needs a good rhythm section
Miles Davis quotes: Coltrane, you cant play everything at once! Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
Miles Davis quotes: We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em. We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.
Miles Davis quotes: I always listen to what I can leave out. I always listen to what I can leave out.
Miles Davis quotes: I'm a fiend when it comes to good pastry, and the French make the best as far as I'm concerned. I'm a fiend when it comes to good pastry, and the French make the best as far as I'm concerned.
Miles Davis quotes: I'll play it first and tell you what it is later. I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.
Miles Davis quotes: I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing. I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
Miles Davis quotes: Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around. Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
Miles Davis quotes: Keith, how does it feel to be a genius? Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
Miles Davis quotes: For me, music and life are all about style. For me, music and life are all about style.
Miles Davis quotes: There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places. There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
Miles Davis quotes: Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin! Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
Miles Davis quotes: It takes a long time to sound like yourself. It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
Miles Davis quotes: I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic. I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
Miles Davis quotes: Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself. Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.
Miles Davis quotes: Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none. Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.
Miles Davis quotes: To keep creating you have to be about change. To keep creating you have to be about change.
Miles Davis quotes: In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That's a little bit too much. In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That's a little bit too much.
Miles Davis quotes: You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
Miles Davis quotes: 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. 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.
Miles Davis quotes: Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one. Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
Miles Davis quotes: If you don't know what to play, play nothing. If you don't know what to play, play nothing.
Miles Davis quotes: You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four. You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
Miles Davis quotes: When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast. When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.
Miles Davis quotes: Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is. Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
Miles Davis quotes: I'll play it first and figure out what it's called later. I'll play it first and figure out what it's called later.
Miles Davis quotes: Music is an addiction. Music is an addiction.
Miles Davis quotes: Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education. Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education.
Miles Davis quotes: Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it. Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
Miles Davis quotes: I'll play it and tell you what it is later. I'll play it and tell you what it is later.
Miles Davis quotes: At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington. At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
Miles Davis quotes: Do not fear mistakes - there are none. Do not fear mistakes - there are none.
Miles Davis quotes: Don't play what's there; play what's not there. Don't play what's there; play what's not there.
Miles Davis quotes: I still got my Ferrari. I still got my Ferrari.
Miles Davis quotes: Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up. Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
Miles Davis quotes: In improvisation, there are no mistakes. In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
Miles Davis quotes: 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. 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.
Miles Davis quotes: I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean? I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?
Miles Davis quotes: Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street. Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.
Miles Davis quotes: All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal. All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
Miles Davis quotes: 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. 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.
Miles Davis quotes: As long as I've been playing, they never say I done anything. They always say that some white guy did it. As long as I've been playing, they never say I done anything. They always say that some white guy did it.
Miles Davis quotes: We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences. We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.
Miles Davis quotes: A legend is an old man with a cane ... A legend is an old man with a cane ...
Miles Davis quotes: Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent. Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
Miles Davis quotes: John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive
Miles Davis quotes: [Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll. [Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.
Miles Davis quotes: See, music is about style. See, music is about style.
Miles Davis quotes: Play what you know and then play above that Play what you know and then play above that
Miles Davis quotes: Food makes my mind sluggish. Food makes my mind sluggish.
Miles Davis quotes: 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. 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.
Miles Davis quotes: Sometimes you have to play a long time to play like yourself. Sometimes you have to play a long time to play like yourself.
Miles Davis quotes: My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer. My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.
Miles Davis quotes: Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors. Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
Miles Davis quotes: You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played
Miles Davis quotes: When I got into music I went all the way into music; I didn't have no time after that for nothing else. When I got into music I went all the way into music; I didn't have no time after that for nothing else.
Miles Davis quotes: If you understood everything I say, you'd be me! If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!
Miles Davis quotes: I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused. I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused.
Miles Davis quotes: If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention. If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention.
Miles Davis quotes: You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself
Miles Davis quotes: It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change. It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
Miles Davis quotes: When you're creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain't the limit. When you're creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain't the limit.
Miles Davis quotes: I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing. I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.
Miles Davis quotes: WE WERE ALL UP IN THAT SHIT LIKE A MUTHAFUCKA. IT'S CLEANER THAN A BROKE DICK DOG. WE WERE ALL UP IN THAT SHIT LIKE A MUTHAFUCKA. IT'S CLEANER THAN A BROKE DICK DOG.
Miles Davis quotes: Always look ahead, but never look back. Always look ahead, but never look back.
Miles Davis quotes: Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good. Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good.
Miles Davis quotes: You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not. You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.
Miles Davis quotes: You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads. You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
Miles Davis quotes: The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play
Miles Davis quotes: You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival. You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival.
Miles Davis quotes: You can't eat a winner's plaque. You can't eat a winner's plaque.
Miles Davis quotes: But you've got to have style in whatever you do -- writing, music, painting, fashion, boxing, anything. But you've got to have style in whatever you do -- writing, music, painting, fashion, boxing, anything.
Miles Davis quotes: So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It's over; it's on the record. So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It's over; it's on the record.
Miles Davis quotes: You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians. You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
Miles Davis quotes: A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear. A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
Miles Davis quotes: I was minding my own business when something says to me, "you ought to blow trumpet." I have just been trying ever since. I was minding my own business when something says to me, "you ought to blow trumpet." I have just been trying ever since.
Miles Davis quotes: Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player. Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
Miles Davis quotes: Bad music is what will ruin music, not the instruments musicians choose to play. Bad music is what will ruin music, not the instruments musicians choose to play.
Miles Davis quotes: Music is the framework around the silence. Music is the framework around the silence.
Miles Davis quotes: First you imitate, then you innovate. First you imitate, then you innovate.
Miles Davis quotes: If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad. 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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