I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing. Miles Davis More Quotes by Miles Davis More Quotes From Miles Davis You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best. Miles Davis hard-workblowgames 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 damn-yourainpeople For me, music and life are all about style. Miles Davis jazz-and-lifestylemusic I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician. Miles Davis entertainersmusiciantrying You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played Miles Davis hornsmusicplay Play what you know and then play above that Miles Davis now-and-thenknowsplay I still got my Ferrari. Miles Davis ferrarijazzstills Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player. Miles Davis egoplayermen Sometimes [playing free] doesn't happen, because maybe a guy's wife'll come in, you know, and his ego will catch him. If everybody's completely just straight-without any old ladies over here, a fourth of whisky over there; if it's balanced right, it'll come off. It has to be. But when you get egos involved with playing free, you can't do it. Miles Davis egowifeguy 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. Miles Davis playwritingpeople In improvisation, there are no mistakes. Miles Davis improvisationmusicmistake I always listen to what I can leave out. Miles Davis i-can Coltrane, you cant play everything at once! Miles Davis coltranejazzplay The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variation. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them. Miles Davis playgivingthinking If you're trying to be hip, be hip. Miles Davis hipsmusictrying 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. Miles Davis playheartmean You can't eat a winner's plaque. Miles Davis winnerhumorfunny If you understood everything I say, you'd be me! Miles Davis understoodjazzmusic 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 dixielandstupidpeople Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it. Miles Davis funny-thingsmusic-isthinking
