#miles davis

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

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We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas. ↗

— Don Cheadle

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I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

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One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

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I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

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I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose. ↗

— Herb Alpert

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Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

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I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

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Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition. ↗

— Bill Laswell

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I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him. ↗

— Rip Torn

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