All Ornette Coleman Quotes
- It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. Found
- I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out… All
- All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and… Affects
- I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke. Broke
- That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play… Every Person
- We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we've forgotten that we all still have diapers on. We've separated music from… All
- 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 to… Exists
- I'm having this conversation with you now. I'm talking, but I'm thinking, feeling, smelling, and moving. Yet I'm concentrating on what you're saying. So that… Body
- I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and… Away Cause
- Musicians tell me, if what I'm doing is right, they should never have gone to school. Gone
- It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in… Artistic
- To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do… Dimensional
- For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action. Action
- 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 of… All
- You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same… All
- After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had… Anyone
- Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play it and bypass all the rest of the things, you're… All
- I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got… Asked
- I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it today and tomorrow… Companies
- I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can… Decided