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Miles Quotes

On distance, speed, and jazz greats.

Miles Davis gets mentioned by two different speakers here as part of their jazz record collections, alongside artists like Coltrane and Monk. See our About quotes for more personal reflections.

I'm not going to fly a million miles with somebody I don't know.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

I am a music freak. My tastes run the gamut from Willie Nelson to Metallica to Miles Davis.

Quotes by W. Earl Brown

I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.

Quotes by Ted King

My loyalty to my father had increased in proportion to the miles between us.

Quotes by Tara Westover

About Quotes

My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.

Quotes by Robert Quine

I've run 1,000 miles in Baja, and that's pretty much nonstop.

Quotes by Robby Gordon

If we don't act, drilling will be allowed only 3 miles off Florida's east coast beaches.

Quotes by Ric Keller

I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles.

Quotes by R. L. Stine

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.

Quotes by Peter Agre

Act Quotes

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.

Quotes by Paula Radcliffe

I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.

Quotes by Nicolas Cage

On other shows, guys can't wait to put 3000 miles between them during hiatus.

Quotes by Martin Milner

I've always wanted to walk the whole of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which winds 184.5 miles from Georgetown to Cumberland, Maryland.

Quotes by Laura Moser

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Quotes by Lao Tzu

Days Quotes

I haven't been afraid of John Coltrane or Miles Davis or Bill Evans or Wayne Shorter or Herbie Hancock. Why would I be afraid of the Beatles?

Quotes by Kurt Elling

I learned a lot my rookie season - the pace of the game. Playing at the right pace, not 100 miles an hour.

Quotes by Kevin Knox

We have 45,000 square miles of geography in Ohio.

Quotes by Kenneth Blackwell

I was completely unhealthy, obese, so I committed to running three miles every morning for six months and following a strict diet, and 100 pounds came off.

Quotes by Josh Young

For 6 days a week I aim to get in between 18-23 miles.

Quotes by Jonathan Brown

Doing Quotes

The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit.

Quotes by John Joly

Frequently Asked Questions

What are these "miles" quotes mostly about?
They mix two ideas, literal distance and speed, and jazz legend Miles Davis, name-checked more than once as a favorite artist.
Is Miles Davis mentioned here?
He's mentioned by two different speakers as part of their jazz record collections, alongside artists like John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
Is there a quote about driving fast?
Yes, one recalls hitting roughly 180 mph on a California freeway, calling the experience wild and a little crazy.
Does any quote describe geography?
Yes, one notes Ohio spans forty-five thousand square miles, framing the state's size in plain numbers.
Where can I find more music-related quotes?
Check our About quotes for more personal reflections like these.

Other lines turn to raw distance, recalling a wild freeway ride at high speed and Ohio's vast square mileage. Explore Days quotes for related themes on time and scale.