Miles Davis

“I'll play it and tell you what it is later.”

“I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning.”

“If you understood everything I said, you'd be me.”

“My ego only needs a good rhythm section.”

“You know why I quit playing ballads? 'Cause I love playing ballads.”

“A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.”

“It takes a long time to sound like yourself.”

“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”

“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.”

“Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.”

“In improvisation, there are no mistakes.”

“Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.”

“The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.”

“For me, music and life are all about style.”

“If you're going to tell a story, come with some attitude.”

“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.”

“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.”

“I always listen to what I can leave out.”