"It took me twenty years study and practice……" — Miles Davis
"It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can she expect to listen five minutes and understand it?"
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93 Quotes by Miles Davis
Miles Davis has 93 quotes on this site.
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Music is the framework around the silence.
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It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from,…
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A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you…
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For me, music and life are all about style.
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If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth,…
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If you don't know what to play, play nothing.
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Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
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My ego only needs a good rhythm section
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It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.
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Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic,…
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When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads
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I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I…
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