I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised. Drummers ape each other. The way every rock n' roll record sounds like something else but not all together.… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play — 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
In other words, an instrument should be an extension of you; it's supposed to sound like you - the way you walk,… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just… — 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 like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies - other people can't get nothing… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Dave [Holland] plays the way he wants to play. And it's usually what's needed. You know, Dave is such a deep thinker.… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
The only way a drum machine will get out of beat is for you not to pay your electric bill. — 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
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