Miles Davis
Most influential jazz musician, reinvented jazz multiple times
Quotes by Miles Davis
I'm always pushing the envelope.
I don't look back, I look forward.
I just play what I hear in my head.
I don't like to repeat myself.
I'm always trying to get better.
I don't play for money, I play for the music.
I just want to be myself.
I'm always thinking about what I'm going to play next, not what I just played.
A good musician is always listening.
I don't care if a dude is purple with green polka dots, if he can blow, I'm listening.
I'm always trying to get to the next thing.
When you're creating, you're not thinking about what you're doing. You just do it.
I don't like to play what I know. I like to play what I don't know.
I never thought about whether I was good or bad. I just played.
I don't want to sound like anybody else.
You have to be true to yourself.
I've always been interested in what's next.
I'm always trying to learn something new.
I play what I feel.
The best music is when you don't think.