Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.
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What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.
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Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
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People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.
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Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same.
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I got into dub a long time ago. I was into dub before I even had any interest in reggae or Jamaican songs, Bob Marley, or any of those established artists. I just thought it was such an unusual sound.
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