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Famous Miles Davis Quotes
“Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.”
“You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all.”
“When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."”
“I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.”
“It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.”
“If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.”
“You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played”
“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.”
“We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.”
“The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play”
“You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.”
“When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.”