“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.” — Miles Davis
@SVG__Collection “It's not the note you play that's the wrong note – it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.” —- Miles Davis
@SVG__Collection It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play
@SVG__Collection Reminds me: A friend of mine long ago was a musician in the Army. He played in the jazz band. I was struck by a criticism he made in describing a local band he heard during a trip overseas: "They were only playing the notes." That is, there was no soul added
@SVG__Collection This is why AI will never surpass true musicianship.
@SVG__Collection "Staring silently at my dusty trumpet" I can't play, so I'll just listen to Miles
@SVG__Collection And he had attitude. Was at a club in the 80s. he played a few bars looked at the audience - said he didn't like the vibe and fucked off. Never did get a refund - motherfucker indeed. 😂
@SVG__Collection 80% attitude, 20% notes — that’s the real music
@SVG__Collection @liamisabout Not only did you give great attitude, You also wrote some fecking awesome notes Really made me emotionally connect and take a long hard look at my shelf 😉 🤗
@SVG__Collection One of his best Quotes - also for Writers!
@SVG__Collection Tell that to my piano teacher. lol. *sigh*
@SVG__Collection Love this. It's one hundred percent true.
@SVG__Collection The best. I can his voice say that.
@SVG__Collection What if the person playing it isn’t a motherfucker?
@SVG__Collection Absolutely. And I loved his attitude.
@SVG__Collection Miles certainly demonstrated the truth of this proposition in his own case.
@SVG__Collection My hero. (with Stevie Wonder and JS Bach...)
@SVG__Collection What a genious... @picking_ideas
@SVG__Collection I played saxophone for 15 years and was very good. I stopped playing for another 15 and just started again a few years ago. I can still play from memory the notes from all the songs I used to play but can't gain back the musicality I had for the life of me. Its going to take time
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