I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Music has many uses and I think the most perfected use that music has is one of a healing quality. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Musicians tell me, if what I'm doing is right, they should never have gone to school. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
The only thing my mother would say to me about my music - I'd say, "Mom, listen to this," and she'd say,… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
It seems the activity of expressing sound to do with music has just started blooming - and because of that, the beginners… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
I'm interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it makes… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Making music is like a form of religion for me, because it soothes your heart and increases the pleasure of your brain.… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we've forgotten that we all still have diapers on. We've… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
After I found out that I was playing music and that I'd have to learn how to read and write music, I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Jerry Garcia was one of the original American icons. He played naturally and beautifully. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
Music has many uses and I think the most perfected use that music has is one of a healing quality. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
Musicians tell me, if what I'm doing is right, they should never have gone to school. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
I'm interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it makes me happy… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
I think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into the creative part of life. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
Whatever you do, it's over when you do it - but first you have to do it. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share
