Miles Davis

"You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played." and "I love Pops" … Louis has been through all kinds of styles. That's good tuba, by the way. You know you can't play anything on a horn th…"

"The only thing I'm interested in is the music and the musicians. I don't acknowledge applause 'cause I'm giving them something. They're not giving me anything with their applause. Can I write that dow…"

"I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?"

"A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it."

"Coleman Hawkins told me never to play with someone older than me, and I never have. With older players, there's no force, no drive. With younger players, it's not that you know it all, or I know it al…"

"If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow."

"Take it off! That's some sad , man. In the first place, I hear some Charlie Parker cliches. . . . They don't even fit. Is that what the critics are digging? Them critics better stop having coffee. If …"

"For me, music and life are all about style."