Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis IIIwas an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. With his ever-changing directions in music, Davis was at the forefront of a number of major stylistic developments in jazz over his five-decade career...
ProfessionTrumpet Player
Date of Birth26 May 1926
CityAlton, IL
good-morning future creativity
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.
music play audience
We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.
technology thinking people
A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody with an ear can hear that. Music is always changing. It changes because of the times and the technology that's available, the material that things are made of, like plastic cars instead of steel. So when you hear an accident today it sounds different, not all the metal colliding like it was in the forties and fifties. Musicians pick up sounds and incorporate that into their playing, so the music that they make will be different.
good-morning good-day morning-inspirational
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
style music-and-life jazz-and-life
For me, music and life are all about style.
music father play
My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.
phones answers shut-up
Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
ego needs rhythm
My ego only needs a good rhythm section
jazz notes
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
women mean want
I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?
hype people enough
People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype....
music men legends
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
firsts
First you imitate, then you innovate.
ifs knows asks
If you have to ask, you'll never know.