Will Davis
Will Davis
play chess ifs
If you don't know what to play, play nothing.
music causes quitting
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
ifs knows asks
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
years giving one-day
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.
painting music-is
A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
done legends miles
I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.
kids rocks years
I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it - like, they say "rock". Because the white singers can't sound like James Brown, they call him "soul". They've been doing that for years. That's the prejudice crap.
stupid people bops
I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don't know.
mistake
Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.
practice long sound
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself
funny humor winner
You can't eat a winner's plaque.
player men ego
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
music men should
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
music men artist
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.