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title: "2 Drummers Play Quotes By Miles Davis"
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> [You'd be surprised. Drummers ape each other. The way every rock n' roll record sounds like something else but not all together. Everything other drummers play, if you're playing drums, they all hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/you-d-be-surprised-drummers-ape-each-other-the-way-every-rock-n-roll/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

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> [Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/drummers-sometimes-they-play-and-they-listen-and-that-little-listen/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

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## More by Miles Davis

> [I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/i-usually-write-from-the-rhythm-section-if-a-drummer-got-a-funky-beat/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/look-man-all-i-am-is-a-trumpet-player/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/you-have-to-practice-for-a-long-time-before-you-can-learn-to-sound/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [There are no wrong notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/there-are-no-wrong-notes/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/knowledge-is-freedom-and-ignorance-is-slavery/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/i-began-to-realize-that-some-of-the-things-ornette-coleman-had-said/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [...people will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype. They want to be hip, want always to be in on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/people-will-go-for-anything-they-don-t-understand-if-it-s-got-enough/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [If you're trying to be hip, be hip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/if-you-re-trying-to-be-hip-be-hip/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/my-father-s-rich-my-momma-s-good-looking-right-and-i-can-play-the/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/i-m-out-there-doing-the-best-that-i-can-my-lip-is-cut-and-i-m-still/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [When I'm playing, I'm never through. It's unfinished. I like to find a place to leave for someone else to finish it. That's where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/when-i-m-playing-i-m-never-through-it-s-unfinished-i-like-to-find-a/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [ \[Prince\] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/prince-could-very-well-be-the-duke-ellington-of-rock-n-roll/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/i-can-tell-whether-a-person-can-play-just-by-the-way-he-stands/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [Do not fear mistakes. There are none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/do-not-fear-mistakes-there-are-none/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

> [You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/you-can-t-compete-with-sweets-sound-and-time-feel-it-s-impossible/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

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