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
blow business minding ought says trying
I was minding my own business when something says to me, ""you ought to blow trumpet."" I have just been trying ever since.
beginning chance davis icon miles songs unique
Of course, because I was at the beginning of my career. For me, as a musician, to have a chance for an icon like Miles Davis to play on one of my songs was something unique and unbelievable.
blow dominate game hard people runners work
You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line, ... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.
attitude play notes
Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.
play notes
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.
play four notes
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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.
life music beautiful
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
music museums pieces
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
feet guy feels
What's swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don't have to ask anybody if that's good music or not. You can always feel it.
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.
play next notes
If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.
play way helping
The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play