Miles
A source page for quotes linked to Miles Davis.
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Source: Miles: The Autobiography
“Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.”
“You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself”
Source: Miles
“I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.”
“The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.”
“A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.”
“People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype.”
Source: Miles
“There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.”
“Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education.”
“You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.”
“I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?”
“[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.”
“White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything - you know what I mean?”
Source: Miles, the autobiography
“I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.”
“I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.”