All Miles Davis Quotes
- Music is the framework around the silence. Framework
- 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 there and I… Been
- A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody with an ear… Accident
- For me, music and life are all about style. All
- If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted. Art
- If you don't know what to play, play nothing. Funny
- Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it. Funny
- My ego only needs a good rhythm section Ego
- It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play. Inspirational
- Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging -- but that weren't… Bebop
- When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads Ballads
- I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too… Attention
- In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up… Anybody
- In improvisation, there are no mistakes. Improvisation
- If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad. Bad
- That was my gift . . . having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go;… Ability
- If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow. Choke
- All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal. Ahmad
- Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around. Big
- You have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival. Born