"You can't play anything on a horn that……" — Miles Davis
"You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played"
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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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More Armstrong Quotes
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one of 100 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a…
— Dave Brubeck
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Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here,…
— Buzz Aldrin
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I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little…
— David Byrne
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Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for…
— Michael N. Castle
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane,…
— Eric Clapton
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You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong…
— Unknown Author
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Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums,…
— Unknown Author
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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He…
— Duke Ellington
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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He…
— Duke Ellington
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I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came…
— Scott Avett
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For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example…
— Neil Armstrong
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the three astronauts from Apollo 11 visited the White House. Neil…
— Conan O'Brien
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