Miles Davis is an American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the BYU Cougars and for the Utah State Aggies.

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“I’ll play it and tell you what it is later.”
— In , and in many other books Sometimes rendered as: I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.
“I love Pops, I love the way he sings, the way he plays - everything he does, except when he says something against modern-jazz music.”
— In Playboy to Alex Haley (1962); also in , , , and in
“I know what the power of silence is. When I used to play in clubs, everybody was loud; there was a lot of noise. So I would take my mute off the microphone, and I would play something so soft that you could hardly hear it... and you talk about listening. Roy Eldridge did that. He's one of my favorites.”
— As quoted in Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, The Music, p. 40
“I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?”
— Miles, the Autobiography (1989) (co-written with Quincy Troupe, p. 371.)
“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.”
— Quoted by Dave Holland in (as: ...Miles knew how to inspire and direct his musicians as these comments from the two Britishers, McLaughlin and Holland, show. ... And Dave Holland: 'What he means is...he's saying "Don't play what's there. Play what's not there"... He's saying, "Don't play what your fingers fall into. Don't play what you would play on an E minor 7th. Don't play that. Play something else. Don't play what you go for. Play the next thing."). Repeated in (as: Bassist Dave Holland recalled another nudge to creativity: "Don't play what's there. Play what's not there."), in (as: "Don't play what's there," Miles has said, "play what's not there."), in (as: "Don't play what's there," he has said, "play what's not there.").
“He could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.”
— In as: he can be the Duke Ellington of our times. And in as: Do you know who Prince kinda reminds me of, particularly as a piano player? Duke! Yeah, he's the Duke Ellington of the eighties to my way of thinking.

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Miles Davis is an American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the BYU Cougars and for the Utah State Aggies.

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Miles Davis across IJR

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Miles Davis across IJR

Where does Miles Davis rank?