Miles Davis

I don't play for the critics. I play for the people.

I'm not a legend. I'm just a guy who plays the trumpet.

You can't play what you don't hear.

I don't play for the fame. I play for the love of it.

I'm not a jazz icon. I'm a musician who plays jazz.

If you're not experimenting, you're not growing.

I don't play for the money. I play for the art.

I'm not a jazz god. I'm just Miles Davis.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating, they have to be about change.

You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your music too. You can't just play anything.

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.

For me, music and life are all about style.

You can tell a lot about a person by what they say, but you can tell even more by what they don't say.

I don't need no awards. I'm my own award.

The thing about music is that you can't explain it. You just feel it.

I always wanted to be a boxer, but my mother wouldn't let me.

You got to be able to play what you hear, not what you see.

I just play what I feel, and I don't care what anybody else thinks.

The only way to get better is to keep playing.

I don't believe in categories. I just believe in good music.