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Saturday 30 June 2018

Miles Davis Quote selection


  • Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent. 
  •  It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong. 
  •  A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
  •  Always listen for what you can leave out. 
  •  It takes a long time to sound like yourself. 
  •  Do not fear mistakes. There are none. 
  •  Music is the framework around the silence.  
  • It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play. 
  • Don't play what's there, play what's not there. 
  •  If you don't know what to play, play nothing. 
  •  Play what you know and then play above that 
  •  Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.