Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
More Quotes from Miles Davis:
I was minding my own business when something says to me, you ought to blow trumpet. I have just been trying ever since.Miles Davis
When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they're still here and passing it on to others.
Miles Davis
I never thought that the music called jazz was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all other dead things that were once considered artistic.
Miles Davis
For me, music and life are all about style.
Miles Davis
I'll play it and tell you what it is later.
Miles Davis
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
Miles Davis
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