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Browse top 21 most favorite famous quotes and sayings by Miles Davis.

Favorite Miles Davis Quotes

1. "Don't play what's there, play what's not there." ~ Miles Davis
2. "Do not fear mistakes. There are none." ~ Miles Davis
3. "A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it." ~ Miles Davis
4. "For me, music and life are all about style." ~ Miles Davis
5. "If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!" ~ Miles Davis
6. "The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas." ~ Miles Davis
7. "I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis." ~ Miles Davis
8. "I'll play it first and tell you what it is later." ~ Miles Davis
9. "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
10. "Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up." ~ Miles Davis
11. "It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit is that, but white people's shit?" ~ Miles Davis
12. "you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself." ~ Miles Davis
13. "When you're creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain't the limit." ~ Miles Davis
14. "Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery" ~ Miles Davis
15. "It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change." ~ Miles Davis
16. "Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself." ~ Miles Davis
17. "Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent." ~ Miles Davis
18. "Music is an addiction." ~ Miles Davis
19. "If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted." ~ Miles Davis
20. "WE WERE ALL UP IN THAT SHIT LIKE A MUTHAFUCKA. IT'S CLEANER THAN A BROKE DICK DOG." ~ Miles Davis
21. "Philly Joe was a bitch. If he'd been a lawyer and white, he would have been president of the United States, because in order to get there you gotta talk fast and carry a lot of bullshit with you; Philly had it all and a lot to spare." ~ Miles Davis

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