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 DavisI don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too vain to play anything I think is bad.
Miles DavisYou have to be born with it. You can't even buy it. If you could buy it, they'd have it at the next Newport Festival.
Miles DavisSometimes, if you ask people to "go downstairs and get me this or that," they'll say, "It's rainin" or "It might rain," or "There's some bumpy roads on the road," or bla-bla-bla. They give you all those excuses, so when they do something which is easy, you're supposed to say, "Damn, you did that?"
Miles Davis