[lbo-talk] Miles Davis anecdote...

[joanna]

So, I was having brunch with a fellow writer who is trying to put 
together some music production deal on the side and who recently spent 
some time with a guy who used to play with Miles. He recounted the 
following:

At one time, Miles was married to Cicely Tyson and, by virtue of that, 
was invited to dine with President Reagan at the White House. No one 
seemed to know who he was. During dinner chat, Nancy turned to him and 
said, "So, Mr. Tyson, what have you done with your life?"

"I changed the course of music four times." replied Davis in a gravelly 
voice, "What have you done? Beside fucking the president?"

J.