Argument Quote by Ornette Coleman

“The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.”

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Jerry Garcia was one of the original American icons. He played naturally and beautifully.

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That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So…

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No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't…

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I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they…

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Music has many uses and I think the most perfected use that music has is one of a healing quality.

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Musicians tell me, if what I'm doing is right, they should never have gone to school.

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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…

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When I have them working together, it's like a beautiful kaleidoscope.

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It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

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After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I…

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I think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into the creative part of life.

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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…

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