Quote #16

'My ego only needs a good rhythm section.' On being asked what he looked for in musicians.

More from Miles Davis

  1. 'There are no wrong notes.'
  2. 'When you are creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain't the limit.'
  3. 'Listen baby, when I say later, I mean it! Later!'
  4. 'Try taking the fucking horn out of your mouth.'
  5. 'I'll play it and tell you what it is later.'
  6. 'It's that goddamned motherfucking 'Machine Gun.''
  7. 'You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played.'
  8. 'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.'

All Miles Davis quotes