Coleman Quotes
29 quotes by 24 authors
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In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss…
— Jimmy Carter
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I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing, even though I…
— Paul Desmond
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Scientists say because of global warming they expect the world's oceans to rise four and a half feet. The scientists say this can mean only…
— Conan O'Brien
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When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads
— Miles Davis
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At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no right, under pretext…
— Thelonious Monk
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A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous!…
— Cannonball Adderley
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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…
— Paul Bley
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I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other,…
— Miles Davis
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I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with…
— Roy Eldridge
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Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and those of…
— John Lewis
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Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts.
— Thelonious Monk
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Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of the…
— Evan Parker
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When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins
— Gerry Mulligan
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I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.
— Stan Getz
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I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time…
— Oscar Peterson
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I’m wearing out this new Coal Men record. I think it’s masterful start-to-finish. Dave Coleman is one of Americana music’s great songwriters, and I hope…
— Todd Snider
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Chano Pozo created the role of the conga soloist in the modern band, somewhat th way Coleman Hawkins created the solo tenor sax.
— Ned Sublette
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If Rumi is the most-read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi’s…
— Huston Smith
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And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had…
— Nolan Ryan
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I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I…
— Mike Krzyzewski
Who Wrote These Coleman Quotes
24 authors contributed a total of 29 Coleman Quotes as follows: