Miles Davis - White Quotes

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I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?

Miles Davis

People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype. They want to be hip, want always to be in on the new thing so they don't look unhip. White people are especially like that, particularly when a black person is doing something they don't understand...That's what I thought was happening when Ornette hit town.

Miles Davis

If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow.

Miles Davis

I just say what I think, and that bugs people, especially a lot of white people. When they look in my eyes and don't see no fear, they know it's a draw.

Miles Davis

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

Miles Davis

In high school I was the best in the music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.

Miles Davis