Miles Dewey Davis III
Miles Davis was one of the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Over the course of five decades, he was at the forefront of nearly every major development in jazz, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion. His album "Kind of Blue" (1959) is the best-selling jazz record of all time. Davis was known for his restless artistic evolution, constantly reinventing his sound and challenging musical conventions.
“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”
— Miles Davis
“It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.”
— Miles Davis
“I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning.”
— Miles Davis
“Don't play what's there; play what's not there.”
— Miles Davis
“If you understood everything I said, you'd be me.”
— Miles Davis
“Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery.”
— Miles Davis
“I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.”
— Miles Davis
“A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.”
— Miles Davis
“The thing to judge in any jazz artist is does the man project and does he have ideas.”
— Miles Davis
“I always listen to what I can leave out.”
— Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
1959
Bitches Brew
1970
Sketches of Spain
1960
In a Silent Way
1969
Birth of the Cool
1957