A biography for Miles Davishasn’t been written yet.
“Prince might be bringing that low sound back, because he has that double bass.”
“For me, music and life are all about style.”
“Space music'd be really something... but they don't have no gravity up there. You couldn't have no downbeat!”
“If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!”
“You'd be surprised. Drummers ape each other. The way every rock n' roll record sounds like something else but not all together. Everything other drummers play, if you're playing drums, they all hear.”
“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”
“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.”
“Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.”