Miles Davis Quotes

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a commercial career or a particular image.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

If people would like to come to my concerts I'd love them to come. And if they like the music that I make, I love that too. But I do not make music for other people. I make it to please myself.

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

This isn't about the money. This is just for me. I love music.

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.

I make music not to make money but because it's in me.

I was never in this for the money. It's all about the passion for the music.

Don't dance for the audience; dance for yourself.

The truth is, truly passionate media creators don't get into the media business to make huge gains from spectacular unicorn exits. When it happens, we certainly all cheer (and perhaps secretly hope it happens to us). But the fact is, we make media because we don't know what else to do with ourselves. It's how we're wired, so to speak.

The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me, you know?

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

I like to make the music that I really love. You're supposed to make your favorite music that no one else played, and I'd like to just keep it at that and not really change it at all.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

I'm confident in my intentions and why I'm making music. I'm not making music because I want to be on your TV screen or the cover of your magazine.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am.

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.