"Who's that motherf**ker? He can't play sh*t!"
- Miles Davis on Cecil Taylor
"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 during an interview, after growing aggravated about questions on the subject of race.
"Why'd you put that white bitch on there?"
- Miles Davis to George Avakian after seeing the cover chosen by Columbia for 'Miles Ahead'.
"You a motherf**ker."
- Miles Davis complimenting Chick Corea, who thought he was about to be fired.
"Try taking the f**king horn out of your mouth."
- Miles Davis, after questioning the increasing length of John Coltrane solos, and Trane answered, "I don't know how to stop."
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