{"author":"Miles Davis","author_id":"Miles+Davis","total_quotes":16,"quotes":[{"text":"The very first thing I remember in my early childhood is a flame, a blue flame jumping off a gas stove somebody lit... I remember being shocked by the whoosh of the blue flame jumping off the burner, the suddenness of it... I saw that flame and felt that hotness of it close to my face. I felt fear, real fear, for the first time in my life. But I remember it also like some kind of adventure, some kind of weird joy, too. I guess that experience took me someplace in my head I hadn't been before... The fear I had was almost like an invitation, a challenge to go forward into something I knew nothing about. That's where I think my personal philosophy of life and my commitment to everything I believe in started... In my mind I have always believed and thought since then that my motion had to be forward, away from the heat of that flame.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["art","artist","creative-process","jazz"],"id":8170,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["music"],"id":18660,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["gift","me","know "],"id":54853,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"Don't play what's there  play what's not there.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["music"],"id":156010,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"Do not fear mistakes, there are none.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["awesome","creativity","inspirational","love","quotes"],"id":197198,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["me","legend","know "],"id":198811,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"It’s like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit is that, but white people’s shit?","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["america","columbus","columbus-day","indians"],"id":204777,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["creativity"],"id":276451,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["life","future","day "],"id":336638,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"},{"text":"If you understood everything I said, you’d be me.","author":"Miles Davis","tags":["identity","understanding"],"id":356381,"author_id":"Miles+Davis"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}