Davis Quotes

178 quotes by 162 authors

If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got… — Phil Collins
I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal… — Eric Davis
I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want… — Eric Davis
I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays. — Eric Davis
I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis. — Miles Davis
I look at people like Picasso and Da Vinci and Escher and Miles Davis, and they'll write or paint that one definitive masterpiece of maybe… — Lupe Fiasco
I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up. — Larry Flynt
Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences… — Herbie Hancock
I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond… — Herbie Hancock
So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have… — Herbie Hancock
We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so… — Martina Hingis
I prefer to call the most obnoxious feminists what they really are: feminazis. Tom Hazlett, a good friend who is an esteemed and highly regarded… — Rush Limbaugh
I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing… — Bernie Mac
I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got… — Ziggy Marley
No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the… — John McEnroe
My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry. — Bettie Page
I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities… — Andy Roddick
I grew up in the sixties watching B.B. King and Tito Puente and Miles Davis and Coltrane, everybody, Marvin Gaye, Jimi. And at the same… — Carlos Santana
Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe. — Charlize Theron

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