"When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to…" — Miles Davis
"When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads"
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93 Quotes by Miles Davis
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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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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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In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with…
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More Ballads Quotes
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one of 94 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of…
— Christina Aguilera
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The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite…
— Nick Cave
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The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but…
— Lascelles Abercrombie
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You can separate the men from the boys and ballads.
— Coleman Hawkins
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A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.
— William Wordsworth
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I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also…
— Aaliyah
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I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true.
— William Shakespeare
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What we try to do with all of our albums, is live out our musical fantasies in the most honest…
— Michael Hutchence
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Besides my fast and slooow songs, I further divide my work into three main song types: the ballad or story…
— David Massengill
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I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings…
— David Massengill
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Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.
— Brad Paisley
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I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.
— Joe Cocker
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