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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/ornette-coleman-wasn-t-sure-whether-he-was-going-to-continue-with/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

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## More by Paul Bley

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/i-think-we-ve-all-had-enough-of-coltrane-saxophonists-there-s-a-case/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

> [Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/adam-berenson-knows-how-to-compose-organize-an-ensemble-do-musical/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

> [When I arrived in New York I was definitely the worst player in town! It was just a measure of how far I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/when-i-arrived-in-new-york-i-was-definitely-the-worst-player-in-town/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

> [I anticipated all the changes in jazz because they were all problematical things, that I was dealing with myself. In New York in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/i-anticipated-all-the-changes-in-jazz-because-they-were-all/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

> [The Beatles came and everybody forgot about everything else. That was a friendly, together, hip interpersonal music, introducing electric sustain, and it captured the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/the-beatles-came-and-everybody-forgot-about-everything-else-that-was/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

> [I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/i-think-all-record-companies-should-be-run-by-a-musician-just-as-you/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/now-as-jazz-musicians-we-re-saying-for-this-society-you-can-free-up/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

> [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!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bley/ornette-coleman-wasn-t-sure-whether-he-was-going-to-continue-with/)

[Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bley/)

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