Miles Davis Quotes

Do not fear mistakes. There are none. – Miles Davis

In music, as in life, the pauses are just as important as the notes. – Miles Davis

You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. – Miles Davis

If you make a mistake, do it twice and people will think you meant it. – Miles Davis

I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later. – Miles Davis

Don’t play what’s there; play what’s not there. – Miles Davis

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching. – Miles Davis

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. – Miles Davis

Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is. – Miles Davis

It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play. – Miles Davis

Sometimes it takes a long time to sound like yourself. – Miles Davis

Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one. – Miles Davis

A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I’m still doing it. – Miles Davis

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas. – Miles Davis

Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life. – Miles Davis

The more you know, the more you have to give. – Miles Davis

If you’re not nervous then you’re not paying attention. – Miles Davis

I’ve had surgery like that before. All I could read was the first half of what I read right before I went in. – Miles Davis

I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. – Miles Davis

You don’t have to play much to say a lot. – Miles Davis

I’m changing all the time. I’m not stuck in one frame of mind or in one groove. – Miles Davis

Sometimes you have to play for a long time to be able to play like yourself. – Miles Davis

I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands. – Miles Davis

It’s always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don’t know where it comes from, it’s just there and I don’t question it. – Miles Davis

You hit a wrong note, then you move on quickly. – Miles Davis

If you don’t make any mistakes, you aren’t really trying. – Miles Davis

You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. – Miles Davis

Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them. – Miles Davis

When you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad. – Miles Davis

To be free to create, one must be willing to think outside the box. – Miles Davis

I always listen to what I can leave out. – Miles Davis

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery. – Miles Davis

Do not play what’s there, play what’s not there. – Miles Davis

It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating, they have to be about change. – Miles Davis

Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one. – Miles Davis

I’m interested in how people remember and how they forget. – Miles Davis

The notes I play are the only truth I know. – Miles Davis

Music is the art of the relationship between sounds. – Miles Davis

When you’re creating your own sh** and someone else’s sh**, they don’t look the same at all. – Miles Davis

For me, music and life are all about style. – Miles Davis

It’s not about standing still and being safe. If anybody wants to keep creating, they have to be about change. – Miles Davis

I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. – Miles Davis

One day I was playing by some trees and I told them, ‘You know man, I really should have been a gardener.’ – Miles Davis

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. – Miles Davis

Don’t fear mistakes. There are none. – Miles Davis

Play what you know, and then play above that. – Miles Davis

If you’re not nervous, you’re not paying attention. – Miles Davis

In improvisation, there are no mistakes, only opportunities. – Miles Davis

Artists need to take risks and be willing to fail in order to truly create something unique. – Miles Davis

I don’t believe in categories. To me, music is either good or bad. – Miles Davis