You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Americans don't like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don't like me, Sammy Davis,… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I don't hold it against Dizzy [Gillespie], you know, but if a guy wants to play a certain way, you work towards… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Audiences - they like colour, you know. I can go out there wearing a red suit, man, and they'll say I'm out… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I said to [Lionel] Richie, "Man, my wife says you must really respect women because you write such beautiful love songs." — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Tom Jones is funny to me, man. I mean, he really tries to ape Ray Charles and Sammy Davis, you know. He's… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
That's the way you judge a car, man, [good or bad], when you start it up. It's just the same thing. I… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I mean, it makes me sick when I see a white man sitting there smiling at me being entertaining, man. When I… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
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… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
...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… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
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. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
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… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
![“I don't hold it against Dizzy [Gillespie], you know, but if a guy wants to play a certain way, you work towards that. If he stops - he's full of crap, you know. I mean, I wouldn't do it, for no money, or for no place in the white man's world. Not just to make money, because then you don't have…” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aed/miles-davis-1842_apes_i-don-t-hold-it-against-dizzy-gillespie_1460081.jpg)
![“I said to [Lionel] Richie, "Man, my wife says you must really respect women because you write such beautiful love songs."” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/77e/miles-davis-1842_beautiful_i-said-to-lionel-richie-man-my-wife-says_2049900.jpg)
![“That's the way you judge a car, man, [good or bad], when you start it up. It's just the same thing. I mean, I drive a Ferrari - not to be cute, but because I dig it. I'd rather drive a ten-year-old Ferrari than one of them new things-they don't go.” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/969/miles-davis-1842_car_that-s-the-way-you-judge-a-car-man-good_2559520.jpg)
![“[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0fa/miles-davis-1842_dukes_prince-could-very-well-be-the-duke-ellin_142140.jpg)