218 Quotes by Miles Davis

I’m a fiend when it comes to good pastry, and the French make the best as far as I’m concerned.

I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I’d spend it choking a white man. I’d do it nice and slow.

If you got up on the bandstand at Minton’s and couldn’t play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you or booing you, you might get your ass kicked.

The metric system ruined me.

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

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can’t be trusted.

Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.

People will go for anything they don’t understand if it’s got enough hype...