White folks always think that you have to have a label on everything - you know what I mean?
Miles DavisIt's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.
Miles DavisThe music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variation. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them.
Miles Davis