"...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."

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Source : Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). “Miles”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

Miles Davis

#Music Quotes #Hype Quotes #White Quotes

“Country music is not a formula it's a music with its own soul and I'm all about saving that soul!”
“When you say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow's side.”
“My interest in the psychological roots of psychosis has both personal (my brother Andrew committed suicide) and professional origins (I was trained in a behaviorist approach to psychology which - whatever its limitations - at least taught me to see human behavior in its social context).”
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
“I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.”
“Fashion is a MUSE, you must seduce her.”
“Why is it that every time a girl says a guy is bothering her, it's fluffed off with oh, he just likes you, as if that makes it okay?”
“We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.”

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