All kinds Quote by Roy Eldridge

I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.

— Rogers Hornsby

I never heard anything so brilliant in my life as I did that first time I heard Ornette. He played like some revolutionary angel.…

— Charlie Haden

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…

— Paul Desmond

Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a whole universe…

— Patti Smith

I didn't grow up listening to him - my parents listened more to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell - but I lived in a…

— Sigrid

I was a big, big fan of Jimmy Burton. Anything with him on, I used to perk up and listen to it over and…

— Dave Davies

I'd really like to do 'Floyd Collins.' I love Adam Guettel.

— Joshua Henry

Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate…

— Bobby Vinton

When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads

— Miles Davis

I had heard Ornette a couple of times, but I didn't really know where he was coming from until we started the record and…

— Freddie Hubbard

Louis Walsh and I talk a lot about my music, and he's really happy with how it's going.

— Megan McKenna

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

— Lou Reed