I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
When I arrived in New York I was definitely the worst player in town! It was just a measure of how far I had… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
I anticipated all the changes in jazz because they were all problematical things, that I was dealing with myself. In New York in the… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
The Beatles came and everybody forgot about everything else. That was a friendly, together, hip interpersonal music, introducing electric sustain, and it captured the… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician. — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Now as jazz musicians we're saying for this society, you can free up your imagination. You can proceed in an area without much information… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Ornette Coleman wasn't sure whether he was going to continue with Charlie Haden-Charlie had some personal problems. I said "You've got to be kidding!… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
![“Ornette Coleman wasn't sure whether he was going to continue with Charlie Haden-Charlie had some personal problems. I said "You've got to be kidding! There's no one on the globe who will be able to accompany you" and no one ever did. [Scott LaFaro] was playing atonally and certainly Ornette was…” quote by Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb9/paul-bley-46715_able_ornette-coleman-wasn-t-sure-whether-he-w_3200759.jpg)