Miles Davis Quotes

When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.

I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.

Whatever you do, just learn about what you're doing; get into it.

Those having the most time to devote to a line of endeavor usually become the most proficient.

You do have to put in a lot time to get good at anything and than includes cartoons. So I think it's true of art and everything else.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

Singing didn't really come naturally to me, I don't think. I had to really work at it. I just kept singing. I never was really worried about it, though, because I was writing songs, and that was the most important thing to me.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

There's something in human performance that is very smooth and very fluid, and at the same time it can be very precise, and that can take a lot of time, trial and error.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

I started juggling a long time ago, but long before that, I was a golfer, and that's what I was: a golfer. And as a golfer and as a kid, one of the things that really sort of seeped into my pores, that I sort of lived my whole life, is process. And it's the process of learning things.

When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music.

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.

You've got to put in a lot of practice if you want to be good in something. You've got to do it the right way.

The more you draw, the better you get.

You've got to perfect your craft.

I define talent as the rate at which you get better at something when you try. To be very talented means you get better faster and more easily than other people or other things that you try.

I spent a lot of time developing my chops when I was younger. In doing so, I found that one of the hardest things was dealing with what to practice.

Whatever it is you do, practice your art; practice your trade. Learn as much as you can about what it is you're doing and apply that as much as you can, because the application of it is what is going to mostly get you where you think you want to be.

That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better.

The biggest lesson I've learned about drawing is that it takes time. Which is really annoying.