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

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

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

writing song beautiful

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm st... by Miles Davis

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

lips cutting stills

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

play littles sometimes

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice. by Miles Davis

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.

voice sound thinking

Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors. by Miles Davis

Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.

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.

hearing music way

In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers. by Miles Davis

In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.

drummer

You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't va... by Miles Davis

You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all.

tempo miles play

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossib... by Miles Davis

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

sound impossible sweet

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.

great-music musician spirit

I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo... by Miles Davis

I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo.

machines used perfect

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.

trumpets want father

Music is an addiction. by Miles Davis

Music is an addiction.

addiction jazz music

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.

brilliant musician want

Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 5... by Miles Davis

Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.

taught jazz music

John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive by Miles Davis

John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive

alive men

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.

names two mean

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.

machines use play

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.

guitar mean america

They [police] do me like that all the time! "What you work for?". by Miles Davis

They [police] do me like that all the time! "What you work for?".

police