Miles Davis

You have to have a lot of nerve to play the trumpet.

I'm not trying to be a legend. I'm just trying to play good music.

I don't like to be categorized.

I'm always searching for something new.

Music is about feeling, not about notes.

I don't play for critics. I play for myself and the audience.

I'm always changing. That's how I stay alive.

I don't want to be a museum piece.

I'm not afraid to make mistakes.

The music is in the silence between the notes.

I'm always looking for a different sound.

You have to be able to hear what you're playing.

Music is a spiritual thing.

I don't play to please anybody.

A legend is an old man with a cane, a young man with a horn, and a woman with a voice.

I'm always thinking about new ways to play. I'm not interested in playing the same way twice.

I don't care if you're black, white, green, or purple. If you can play, you can play.

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

I always listen to what I'm playing, and if it doesn't sound good, I change it.

I don't play for critics. I play for myself and for the people who listen.