The Beatles came and everybody forgot about everything else. That was a friendly, together, hip interpersonal music, introducing electric sustain, and it captured the imagination of everybody. So improvising, even though it was in a very rich period in terms… — 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 and you can function in an area without much information. — 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)