Miles Davis citáty

Miles Davis bol americký džezový hudobník, trubkár, skladateľ a kapelník. Patrí medzi elitu najvýznamnejších džezových hudobníkov 20. storočia, stal sa zakladateľom mnohých džezových podžánrov, spolupracoval a pomohol v začiatkoch kariéry nadanému klávesákovi Herbie Hancockovi, významnému saxofonistovi John Coltraneovi alebo gitaristovi John McLaughlinovi. Počas svojho pôsobenia hrával mnoho žánrov, prevažne však žánre džezového pôvodu.

V roku 2006 bol uvedený do Rokenrolovej siene slávy a jeho meno je aj na Chodníku slávy v St. Louis.

Zomrel vo veku 65 rokov na zápal pľúc. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. máj 1926 – 28. september 1991
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“He plays like somebody is standing on his foot.”

Miles Davis

Alternative: He plays like somebody was standing on his foot.
In Down Beat "Blindfold Test" with Leonard Feather (13 June 1964); also in
On Eric Dolphy
1960s

“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.”

Miles Davis

During an interview, after growing aggravated about questions on the subject of race.
1980s
Zdroj: Jet (25 March 1985)

“Miles said he looked on his need for constant change as a curse. However, Miles, along with Duke Ellington, in terms of looking for models of how you strategize with a band, have been there constantly in the background for me. Not the Beatles as a construct for a group, not Led Zeppelin, not the Floyd. My guides have always been Miles and Duke.”

Miles Davis

Robert Fripp, on how Miles Davis influenced his leadership in King Crimson. <br class="br">As quoted in a Rolling Stone interview &quot;The Crimson King Seeks a New Court&quot; by Hank Shteamer (15 April 2019) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/robert-fripp-interview-king-crimson-tour-david-bowie-kanye-west-820783/. <br class="br">Quotes by others

“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.”

Miles Davis

In SPIN (December 1990). p. 30, and in many other sources https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22play+anything+on+a+horn%22+miles+davis#hl=en&amp;q=%22don%27t+play+what%27s+there%22+not+davis&amp;tbm=bks, but I can&#x27;t find the original one. <br class="br">1990s

“Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery”

Miles Davis

Zdroj: Miles: The Autobiography

“For me, music and life are all about style.”

Miles Davis

Miles, the Autobiography (1989) (co-written with Quincy Troupe, p. 398.)
1980s

“Is that what you wanted, Alfred?”

Miles Davis

Quoted in: Jazz Journal International, (1983), p. 12.
Miles Davis asking Blue Note records producer Alfred Lion's approval of a recorded performance in Rudy Van Gelder's studio. Miles' gravelly-voice question was accidentally recorded, but included at the end of "One For Daddy-O" on the Cannonball Adderley recording "Somethin' Else": a famous recorded peek into the recording studio process.
1980s

“He could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.”

Miles Davis

In [A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America, Craig Hansen, Werner, University of Michigan Press, 2006, 9780472031474, 53] as: he can be the Duke Ellington of our times.
And in [Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis, Musicians in Their Own Words Series, Paul Maher, Michael K. Dorr, Chicago Review Press, 2009, 9781556527067, 262] as: Do you know who Prince kinda reminds me of, particularly as a piano player? Duke! Yeah, he's the Duke Ellington of the eighties to my way of thinking.
On Prince
2000s

“My ego only needs a good rhythm section.”

Miles Davis

In [Milestones: The music and times of Miles Davis since 1960, Jack, Chambers, Beech Tree Books, 1983, 9780688046460, 261]
"My ego only needs a good rhythm section" is also the title of an interview/article by Stephen Davis for The Real Paper (21 March 1973)
On being asked what he looked for in musicians.
1970s

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

Miles Davis

On being called a legend.
Quoted in International Herald Tribune (17 July 1991); also in: [The Yale Book of Quotations, Fred R., Shapiro, Yale University Press, 2006, 9780300107982, 189]
1990s

“I’ll play it and tell you what it is later.”

Miles Davis

In [So What: The Life of Miles Davis, John, Szwed, Random House, 2012, 9781448106462], and in many other books https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&amp;hl=en&amp;q=%22play+anything+on+a+horn%22+miles+davis#hl=en&amp;q=%22+and+tell+you+what+it+is+later.+%22+miles+davis&amp;tbm=bks<br>Sometimes rendered as: I&#x27;ll play it first and tell you what it is later. <br class="br">During a recording session for Prestige, on the album &quot;Relaxin&#x27; with the Miles Davis Quintet&quot; (1956). <br class="br">1950s

“I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?”

Miles Davis

Miles, the Autobiography (1989) (co-written with Quincy Troupe, p. 371.)
At a White House reception in honor of Ray Charles 1987, this was his reply to a society lady seated next to him who had asked what he had done to be invited.
1980s

“I love Pops, I love the way he sings, the way he plays - everything he does, except when he says something against modern-jazz music.”

Miles Davis

In Playboy to Alex Haley (1962); also in [Milestones: The music and times of Miles Davis since 1960, Jack, Chambers, Beech Tree Books, 1983, 9780688046460, 209], [The Playboy Interviews, Alex, Haley, Murray, Fisher, Ballantine, 1993, 9780345383006, 15], [The Miles Davis companion: four decades of commentary, Gary, Carner, Gary, Carner, Schirmer Books, 1996, 9780028646121, 19], and in [Miles Davis and American Culture, Missouri Historical Society Press Series, Gerald Lyn, Early, Missouri History Museum, 2001, 9781883982386, 205]
1960s