Miles Davis

"I pursued excellence, not fame."

"The soul of music is emotion."

"I changed because the world was changing."

"Great music transcends time and space."

"You have to be willing to fail to succeed."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

"I believed in the power of improvisation."

"The trumpet speaks what the heart feels."

"Never stop seeking knowledge."

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

"I played for the moment, not for history."

"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."

"Music is the spoken language of the soul."

"I'm always learning. The moment you think you know it all, you're finished."

"You can tell the spirits of people by how they treat the earth."

"Time isn't the main thing. It's the only thing."

"It's not about the notes you play, it's about the notes you don't play."

"Fear is not real. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

"If you want to find out anything about the times, it's in the music."

"I wanted to play bebop, but I couldn't because I didn't have enough technique."

"The minute you stop learning is the minute you start dying."

"You have to never stop playing, no matter what."

"Some people don't like success because it means they have to be responsible."

"I always listen to what I can leave out."

"Life is like playing a musical instrument without having studied it first."

"The real key to devising systems that work is to incorporate the ideas of people."

"Never stop learning because life never stops teaching."

"It takes courage to push yourself to places you haven't been before."

"All the blues singers, they want to be a rock and roll star."

"When you're not practicing, someone else is."