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If you had to call it "unison...

If you had to call it "unison", it ain't unison. It ain't the same as somebody else. If you can hear that it's unison, and you have to name it something other than "unison", it ain't unison, you know what I mean? It's two guys playin', but one guy is playin' slightly out of tune, one is playin' slightly off meter.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

I said to [Lionel] Richie, "M...

I said to [Lionel] Richie, "Man, my wife says you must really respect women because you write such beautiful love songs."

Miles Davis 141 quotes

We're not going to play the b...

We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

I would never try and play li...

I would never try and play like Harry James, because I don't like his tone - for me. It's just white. You know what I mean? He has what we black trumpet players call a white sound. But it's for white music ... I can tell a white trumpet player, just listening to a record. There'll be something he'll do that'll let me know that he's white.

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I don't like to hear someone ...

I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don't know.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

I can't write anything for my...

I can't write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don't never write for myself.

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Sometimes, if you ask people ...

Sometimes, if you ask people to "go downstairs and get me this or that," they'll say, "It's rainin" or "It might rain," or "There's some bumpy roads on the road," or bla-bla-bla. They give you all those excuses, so when they do something which is easy, you're supposed to say, "Damn, you did that?"

Miles Davis 141 quotes

Look, man, all I am is a trum...

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

A lot of people ask me where ...

A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody with an ear can hear that. Music is always changing. It changes because of the times and the technology that's available, the material that things are made of, like plastic cars instead of steel. So when you hear an accident today it sounds different, not all the metal colliding like it was in the forties and fifties. Musicians pick up sounds and incorporate that into their playing, so the music that they make will be different.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

The only reason to write a ne...

The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

Some musicians play with thei...

Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don't know what to tell a person that can't - if you can't tell a person what you're talkin' about when they're rushin' or droppin' the tempo, you get somebody else.

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Monk was a gentle person, gen...

Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face - and I never did - then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

Drummers - sometimes they pla...

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

I'm not messing around with n...

I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?

Miles Davis 141 quotes

Trane was the perfect saxopho...

Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

I think every Negro over fifty...

I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

If you have to ask, you'll nev...

If you have to ask, you'll never know.

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Don't be afraid of mistakes - ...

Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.

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It's not about standing still ...

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

You have to know 400 notes tha...

You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.

Miles Davis 141 quotes

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