He comes in on the beat and plays on top of the beat. I think when Prince makes love, he hears drums instead of Ravel. Miles Davis Read Quote
It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him. Miles Davis Read Quote
Space music’d be really something… but they don’t have no gravity up there. You couldn’t have no downbeat! Miles Davis Read Quote
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. Miles Davis Read Quote
Prince might be bringing that low sound back, because he has that double bass. Miles Davis Read Quote
You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line… We’re just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best. Miles Davis Read Quote
The music I was really listening to in 1968 was James Brown, the great guitar player Jimi Hendrix, and a new group… Sly and the Family Stone, led by Sly Stewart from San Francisco. Miles Davis Read Quote
It’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 Davis Read Quote
Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist. Miles Davis Read Quote
