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Even though he hadn't been doing them around me
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Even though he hadn't beendoing them around me, because he was getting paranoid a lot

even though he hadn't been
doing them around me, because he was getting paranoid a lot

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even though he hadn't been doing them around me,
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because he was getting paranoid a lot.
Duration
6 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
01:32:21
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
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Movie Summary

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscripts and Miles' original paintings, to explore the man behind the music.
[Miles] In October 1972, I fell asleep at the wheel - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
[Miles] In October 1972, I fell asleep at the wheel
I was laid up for almost three months and when I got home, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:08
I was laid up for almost three months and when I got home,
[Rothbaum] That was probably the most pivotal moment in his life. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Rothbaum] That was probably the most pivotal moment in his ...
The abject pain that he was in, from awakening to going to sleep... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
The abject pain that he was in, from awakening to going to s...
Forced him, and I say "forced him" to use prescription medicine, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:10
Forced him, and I say "forced him" to use prescrip...
He started taking fewer and fewer jobs and tours. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He started taking fewer and fewer jobs and tours.
Eventually, there was no band. There was no Miles Davis band. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
Eventually, there was no band. There was no Miles Davis band...
[Miles] I was spiritually tired of all the bullshit I'd been going through - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
[Miles] I was spiritually tired of all the bullshit I'd...
I knew that I needed a rest and so I took one. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I knew that I needed a rest and so I took one.
I put down the thing I love most in life, my music. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I put down the thing I love most in life, my music.
And the more I stayed away, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
And the more I stayed away,
[Rothbaum] His apartment building was his cave... - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Rothbaum] His apartment building was his cave...
And there were days, weeks, he wouldn't go out. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
And there were days, weeks, he wouldn't go out.
[Wilburn] When I was 15 or 16, - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
[Wilburn] When I was 15 or 16,
I remember it being dark, always dark in the house. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
I remember it being dark, always dark in the house.
I just remember... you know, cigarettes, beer bottles and cocaine. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
I just remember... you know, cigarettes, beer bottles and co...
[Erin Davis] I remember going to visit him a couple of times. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:04
[Erin Davis] I remember going to visit him a couple of times...
He was in there by himself, just dealing with pain and not playing. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:05
He was in there by himself, just dealing with pain and not p...
I know, for him, not playing is... is just like not having water anymore. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:06
I know, for him, not playing is... is just like not having w...
And I wanted him to get back to... to, uh, you know, to my uncle, my superhero. - Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 00:07
And I wanted him to get back to... to, uh, you know, to my u...