Art Quote by John Gourley Download Open image “Miles Davis and Felonious Monk, they're both great artists who enhance things.” — John Gourley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Great Great Artists Miles Monk Things Who
[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
Rock & roll fan that I am, Thelonious Monk is probably my favorite musical artist. — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson. — Frankie Knuckles Copy Share Image
My favorite artists are able to take things to the edge or just over the edge. Miles Davis and Duane Allman, for example. It's… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
Art Monk was an example for Jerry Rice. That's what Jerry always told me. — Ronnie Lott Copy Share Image
One of the artists I most admire is David Lee Roth. I think his combination of humor, glamour, sex and energy is one of… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
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
As an artist, you can't expect a producer to just bring you a record. If you walk in and say, 'I want Kanye West's… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room. — John Gourley Copy Share Image
We went to Japan and stayed an extra day just to go shopping. New York is one of those places where we never get… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
We tour, we do the distance from friends and family, not really knowing how to connect with people on the same level. I've understood… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
Some New York bands you'll see rocking Ones or Dunks and things like that, but it is weird that the sneakerhead thing has become… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be mainstream. — John Gourley Copy Share Image
I like work, I like song writing, and I like the history of Atlantic Records. They've sat in the studio with so many artists… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
We're just nerds that play music. Because we get played on the radio and have a Vitaminwater ad with Aaron Paul dancing on a… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
There's something about Detroit, man: there's a serious vibe there. It could be that blue-collar, working-class-mentality person who lives out there. There's just something… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon 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 the things he told me he loved about my voice was how I used space-both in music and between my voice and the mike.” quote by Helen Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d14/helen-merrill-83326_brilliant_miles-davis-learned-from-everyone-he-was_3158989.jpg)
