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title: "2 Fooling around Quotes By Marcus Miller"
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> [Miles Davis came in a couple of days and said, "Oh, man, I love that. Keep going." So he said, "Let me know when you need trumpet." And he came in, and he was sitting there, and I was very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/miles-davis-came-in-a-couple-of-days-and-said-oh-man-i-love-that-keep/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/marcus-miller-28262_couple_miles-davis-came-in-a-couple-of-days-and_972975.png)

> [I was already playing the clarinet and the piano. My father's a piano player. But I wanted to play in a funk band, and the clarinet wasn't fit. So you was "Hey, man, can I sit in?" They're like, "No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/i-was-already-playing-the-clarinet-and-the-piano-my-father-s-a-piano/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

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## More by Marcus Miller

> [It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/it-s-a-great-thing-about-being-a-musician-you-don-t-stop-until-the/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/i-think-jazz-is-a-beautiful-democratic-music-it-encourages-musicians/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [Luther Vandross was doing fine, but he said, "Man, I want to do my own project." So he got us all to do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/luther-vandross-was-doing-fine-but-he-said-man-i-want-to-do-my-own/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [It's so important to me to make the music right that I didn't have time to be intimidated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/it-s-so-important-to-me-to-make-the-music-right-that-i-didn-t-have/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [I brought the music out to L.A., and the producer Tommy LaPuma heard it and he said - "Man, I love it. Let's do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/i-brought-the-music-out-to-l-a-and-the-producer-tommy-lapuma-heard-it/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [Miles Davis had been in retirement for five or six years and he was coming out of retirement and he was looking for young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/miles-davis-had-been-in-retirement-for-five-or-six-years-and-he-was/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [I revisited some music that I had written for Miles Devis. I used to work with Miles in the '80s. We did an album…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/i-revisited-some-music-that-i-had-written-for-miles-devis-i-used-to/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [Watching Michael Jackson was like taking a history lesson and a lesson on the future at the same time. If that weren’t enough, Michael…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/watching-michael-jackson-was-like-taking-a-history-lesson-and-a/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [There's a lot of guys who have great technique, people practicing a lot and you hear them, but there's not that many people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/there-s-a-lot-of-guys-who-have-great-technique-people-practicing-a/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [I got so many emails and text messages, my phone blew up because it couldn't handle everybody. It's like almost being at your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/i-got-so-many-emails-and-text-messages-my-phone-blew-up-because-it/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [Luther Vandross was a musician who sang. So after a while he was also the number one background singer in New York, so he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/luther-vandross-was-a-musician-who-sang-so-after-a-while-he-was-also/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [Miles Davis came in a couple of days and said, "Oh, man, I love that. Keep going." So he said, "Let me know when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/miles-davis-came-in-a-couple-of-days-and-said-oh-man-i-love-that-keep/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [It happened to be, from '73 to '78, the five years that, our most glorious years for bass players. We had Larry Graham, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/it-happened-to-be-from-73-to-78-the-five-years-that-our-most-glorious/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [Scott Tixier is an exciting young jazz violinist and is making an international name for himself. I heard him in France and was immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/scott-tixier-is-an-exciting-young-jazz-violinist-and-is-making-an/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

> [I'm 13 to 17, 18 years old; I thought that's what the world was like. It never occurred to me that this was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/i-m-13-to-17-18-years-old-i-thought-that-s-what-the-world-was-like-it/)

[Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/)

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