I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
If I have a dynamite bass player - I have Darryl Jones - it's so easy to write for him because he's… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
When kids don't learn about their own heritage in school, they just don't care about school... But you won't see it in… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I put all those synthesizer sounds behind "Decoy" and "Code M.D." A lot of things we write together. A lot of things… — 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
I can't write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords… — 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 put all those synthesizer sounds behind "Decoy" and "Code M.D." A lot of things we write together. A lot of things are his, but they don't have that thing I want on the bottom. I often tell him, I say, "Bobby [Irving], if there's a melody, there's another one somewhere that goes with it."” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/094/miles-davis-1842_behinds_i-put-all-those-synthesizer-sounds-behin_1039125.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)
![“I can't write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don't never write for myself.” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ea/miles-davis-1842_bars_i-can-t-write-anything-for-myself-i-can_3007181.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)