In a 1989 interview on 60 Minutes, jazz musician Miles Davis rejected the notion that suffering is a requirement for creating great art, particularly the blues. He dismissed the popular narrative that African American musicians were only capable of producing the blues because of a history of trauma, instead emphasizing that his artistic ability came from within himself, not from pain. His notable remarks came during an exchange with a teacher who asserted that the blues "came from" Black people'

It's Miles Davis' birthday today ✨ At the end of his career, he became an obsessive Prince fan - here they are at one of their only recorded performances together at Paisley Park, 1987. | NTS Radio