Miles Davis的名言有:
* “I don't make music, music makes me.”(“我並不是創造音樂,而是讓音樂創造我。”)
* “If you're going to play jazz, you've got to be able to play what you hear in your head first.”(“如果你打算演奏爵士樂,你首先得能演奏出你腦子裡聽到的音樂。”)
* “I'm a musician, not a fashion statement.”(“我是個音樂家,不是個時尚聲明。”)
此外,他還有一句著名的話:“我犯過的錯誤夠多了,現在我正忙著做正確的事情。”(The mistakes I've made are enough, now I'm busy doing things right.)這些名言充分體現了他的音樂理念和態度。