I have to change. It's like a curse. Miles Davis More Quotes by Miles Davis More Quotes From Miles Davis It's like swimmin' without warmin' up, yuo know what I mean? So [cackles] we use the drum machine, and we take it out. Miles Davis machinesusemean I said to [Lionel] Richie, "Man, my wife says you must really respect women because you write such beautiful love songs." Miles Davis writingsongbeautiful I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing. Miles Davis lipscuttingstills Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo. Miles Davis playlittlessometimes I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice. Miles Davis voicesoundthinking Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors. Miles Davis errors It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it. Miles Davis hearingmusicway In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers. Miles Davis drummer You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all. Miles Davis tempomilesplay You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible. Miles Davis soundimpossiblesweet When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they're still here and passing it on to others. Miles Davis great-musicmusicianspirit I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo. Miles Davis machinesusedperfect You want to know how I started playing trumpet? My father bought me one, and I studied the trumpet. And everybody I heard that I liked, I picked up things from. Miles Davis trumpetswantfather Music is an addiction. Miles Davis addictionjazzmusic I don't wanna talk about Teo [Macero]. He's a helluva musician, a brilliant musician, but he's just not for me, that's all. I can elaborate on it, but I don't want to do that. Miles Davis brilliantmusicianwant Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street. Miles Davis taughtjazzmusic John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive Miles Davis alivemen 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 namestwomean When I went in there, we used drum machine on "Time After Time" and "Human Nature".We don't use the drum machine to play a pattern. You play the pattern by being consistent. Miles Davis machinesuseplay I did Bronislaw Kaper's tune. He wrote "On Green Dolphin Street." I mean, I did all those ballads, all them ballads from South America. All those tunes - the guitar concerto on Sketches Of Spain. All those are Spanish melodies. Some of them we made up ourselves. Miles Davis guitarmeanamerica
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