--- title: "4 Luther Quotes By Marcus Miller" description: "4 Luther quotes by Marcus Miller. Plus more from Marcus Miller and more Luther sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/marcus-miller-28262_luther_luther-vandross-was-doing-fine-but-he-sa_232371.png" --- > [Luther Vandross was doing fine, but he said, "Man, I want to do my own project." So he got us all to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/marcus-miller-28262_luther_luther-vandross-was-doing-fine-but-he-sa_232371.png) > [Luther Vandross was a musician who sang. So after a while he was also the number one background singer in New York,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/marcus-miller-28262_fame_luther-vandross-was-a-musician-who-sang_961663.jpg) > [I was with Miles Davisfor a couple of years as his bass player, and it was a beautiful experience. After two years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/i-was-with-miles-davisfor-a-couple-of-years-as-his-bass-player-and-it/) [Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/marcus-miller-28262_bass_i-was-with-miles-davisfor-a-couple-of-ye_3010090.jpg) > [Luther Vandross and I met in Roberta Flack's band. He was singing background, I was playing bass, and Roberta was beautiful. She's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-miller/luther-vandross-and-i-met-in-roberta-flack-s-band-he-was-singing/) [Marcus Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/marcus-miller-28262_audience_luther-vandross-and-i-met-in-roberta-fla_3123929.jpg) ## Other authors on Luther ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/luther/marcus-miller/#itemlist", "name": "4 Luther Quotes By Marcus Miller", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Luther Vandross was doing fine, but he said, \"Man, I want to do my own project.\" So he got us all to do a demo, and that demo was \"Never Too Much.\" It took him a year and a half to get signed, because he didn't have a gimmick. The record companies were looking for his gimmick. They said, \"What's your gimmick?\" He said, \"I sing. 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