218 Quotes by Miles Davis

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

...people will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype. They want to be hip, want always to be in on the new thing so they don't look unhip. White people are especially like that, particularly when a black person is doing something they don't understand...That's what I thought was happening when Ornette hit town.

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

My future starts when I wake up every morning.

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.

Food makes my mind sluggish.

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

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