Miles Quote by Gerry Mulligan Download Open image “Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.” — Gerry Mulligan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Miles Music Play Song Writing
One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Because of my register, Miles Davis' trumpet playing has always been a big influence on my singing. I've always been intrigued by the way… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
I believe in knowing all you can about the music and the people who made the music. I think it's much more important to… — Sonny Sharrock Copy Share Image
Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader. — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse. — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
I personally think Miles Davis is a lot funnier than me. And he's working more. — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
[Miles Davis] learned from everyone. He was incredible. He took the best from everyone and threw away the rest. He was brilliant. One of… — Helen Merrill Copy Share Image
Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson,… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of… — Bill Laswell Copy Share Image
I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition… — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be… — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever bench-pressed anything in my life. Until about two years ago I swam a mile almost every day. Then I… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
If we can send a guy to the moon we can certainly go a quarter of a mile and not get hurt. — Don Prudhomme Copy Share Image
Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile. — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour. — Yanni Copy Share Image
You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you… — Helmut Jahn Copy Share Image
I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image
Just make sure you're gone by the time we get to Miles's. It creeps me out to see you sitting in his lap without… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles. — Hartley Coleridge Copy Share Image
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