Coleman Hawkins told me never to play with someone older than me, and I never have. With older players, there's no force, no drive. With younger play… - Miles Davis

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Coleman Hawkins told me never to play with someone older than me, and I never have. With older players, there's no force, no drive. With younger players, it's not that you know it all, or I know it all—it's I'm trying to learn it all.

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About Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

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Alternative Names: Miles Dewey Davis III • Miles Dewey Davis, III Davis • Miles Dewey Davis Jr
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