The 15 Best Miles Davis Quotes

SSmith1226

The fifteen “best” Miles Davis qutes can be hound in this article:

https://americansongwriter.com/the-15-best-miles-davis-quotes/

The quotes listed are :

1. “I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”
2. “Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.”

“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.”
“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”
“For me, music and life are all about style.”
“A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it.”
“I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later.
“When I’m playing, I’m never through. It’s unfinished. I like to find a place to leave for someone else to finish it. That’s where the high comes in.”
“I have to change. It’s like a curse.”
“I know what I’ve done for music, but don’t call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.”
“Space music would be really something… but they don’t have no gravity up there. You couldn’t have no downbeat!”
“When you do anything too long, you either wear it out or lose interest.”
“Prince got some Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix and Sly in him, also, even Little Richard. He’s a mixture of all those guys and Duke Ellington.”
“Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.”
“If you understood everything I say, you’d be me!”

SSmith1226

It might be interesting to list your five favorite, meaningful quotes and comment on them
If you wish. Also feel free to list others if they are not on the above list. In a week’s time we can tally them up and list the top five as the “TrumpetBoards.com Give Favorite Miles Davis Quotes”.
Mine are 1, 2, 3, 11 & 15.

J. Jericho

The one I remember the most is: "My daddy's rich, my mama's good lookin', I've never had a bad day in my life, and I can still play the blues."

SSmith1226

@j-jericho said in The 15 Best Miles Davis Quotes:

The one I remember the most is: "My daddy's rich, my mama's good lookin', I've never had a bad day in my life, and I can still play the blues."

Why don’t we assign “16” to that quote.

Dr GO

"What the F**K do you know about trumpet playing" is what Miles stated as he kicked a 17 year old Eddie Henderson out of his Ferrari for critiquing his performance at a club.

Kehaulani

Coltrane and Miles were talking about soloing thoughts and Trane said. "Sometimes I just don't I just don't know how to stop" and Miles said, "Why don't you take the ****ing horn out of your mouth".

SSmith1226

@kehaulani said in The 15 Best Miles Davis Quotes:

Coltrane and Miles were talking about soloing thoughts and Trane said. "Sometimes I just don't I just don't know how to stop" and Miles said, "Why don't you take the ****ing horn out of your mouth".

Number 18

SSmith1226

@dr-go said in The 15 Best Miles Davis Quotes:

"What the F**K do you know about trumpet playing" is what Miles stated as he kicked a 17 year old Eddie Henderson out of his Ferrari for critiquing his performance at a club.

Number 17
At least he had a pretty good day job later in life.

barliman2001

I can only counter this with how Maurice André once described trumpet playing to me:
"Playing se trompette is like singing, just wisout a sore throat."

BigDub

@barliman2001 said in The 15 Best Miles Davis Quotes:

I can only counter this with how Maurice André once described trumpet playing to me:
"Playing se trompette is like singing, just wisout a sore throat."

I felt that name drop vibration all the way over here in America.

Kehaulani

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ROWUK

Here is "another" collection. If you have an issue with 4 letter words, don't click this link. Miles was, well, Miles.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/54761.Miles_Davis

J. Jericho

@J-Jericho said in The 15 Best Miles Davis Quotes:

The one I remember the most is: "My daddy's rich, my mama's good lookin', I've never had a bad day in my life, and I can still play the blues."

I found the actual quote: "My father's rich, my mama's good-lookin', right? ... and I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer." Here's the context: