Ornette Coleman Quotes

10 Ornette Coleman quotes by 8 unique authors

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts. — Thelonious Monk
• When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I… — Lou Reed
• The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. — Pat Metheny
• I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play. — Lou Reed

Who Wrote These Ornette Coleman Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 10 Ornette Coleman Quotes as follows:

• 2 Ornette Coleman Quotes by Thelonious Monk
• 2 Ornette Coleman Quotes by Lou Reed
• 1 Ornette Coleman Quote by Roy Eldridge
• 1 Ornette Coleman Quote by Paul Desmond
• 1 Ornette Coleman Quote by Paul Bley
• 1 Ornette Coleman Quote by Pat Metheny
• 1 Ornette Coleman Quote by Miles Davis
• 1 Ornette Coleman Quote by John Lewis