"Tom Jones is funny to me, man. I mean, he really tries to ape Ray Charles and Sammy Davis, you know. He's nice–looking; he looks good doing it. I mean, if I was him, I'd do the same thing. If I was only thinking about making money." - Miles Davis
source: Interview with Les Tomkins, 1969
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Miles Davis Quotes
"I don't hold it against Dizzy [Gillespie], you know, but if a guy wants to play a certain way, you work towards that. If he stops — he's full of crap, you know. I mean, I wouldn't do it, for no money, or for no place in the white man's world. Not just to make money, because then you don't have anything. You don't have as much money as whoever you're trying to ape; that's making money by being commercial. Then you don't have anything to give the world; so you're not important. You might as well be dead." - Miles Davis
source: Interview with Les Tomkins, 1969
source: Interview with Les Tomkins, 1969
Sun Ra Quotes
"The world thinks that music is a commercial commodity. I'm glad that is not my code." - Sun Ra
Charles Mingus Quotes
"Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?" - Charles Mingus
Ken Burns Quotes
"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say." - Ken Burns
Ken Burns Quotes
"To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain." - Ken Burns
Eberhard Weber Quotes
"If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky." - Eberhard Weber
Roy Ayers Quotes
"Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!" - Roy Ayers
Stan Getz Quotes
"We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial." - Stan Getz
