Miles Davis

Music is a universal language.

I just want to make good music.

You have to have soul.

I'm a musician, not an entertainer.

I don't follow trends. I create them.

Music is a journey, not a destination.

I'm always evolving.

I don't play notes, I play feelings.

I'm not going to play like that white motherfucker.

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

Why should I play the same thing every night? I'm not a jukebox.

I have to change. It's like a curse.

You know, all this 'jazz' and 'bebop' and 'cool' and 'hot' labels are just for critics. It's all music.

I'm a black man. I'm proud of it. And I'm going to play my music the way I want to play it.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

I don't need no white women to tell me what to do.

I don't believe in geniuses. I believe in hard work.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

I don't like to be put in a box. I'm a musician, not a genre.

A legend is an old man with a cane, telling young people what they should do. I'm not a legend.