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Ornette Coleman quotes: Jerry Garcia was one of the original American icons. He played naturally and beautifully.

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

Ornette Coleman quotes: I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.

I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.

Ornette Coleman quotes: The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.

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

Ornette Coleman quotes: Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'

Ornette Coleman quotes: Harmelody allows everybody to be an individual who does not have to imitate anybody else.

Harmelody allows everybody to be an individual who does not have to imitate anybody else.

Ornette Coleman quotes: I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs.

I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs.

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

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

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

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

Ornette Coleman quotes: Only America makes you feel that everybody wants to be like you. That's what success is: Everybody wants to be like you.

Only America makes you feel that everybody wants to be like you. That's what success is: Everybody wants to be like you.

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

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

Ornette Coleman quotes: It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

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

Ornette Coleman quotes: Sound has no parents.

Sound has no parents.

Ornette Coleman quotes: The idea is more important than the style you're playing in.

The idea is more important than the style you're playing in.

Ornette Coleman quotes: Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.

Ornette Coleman quotes: 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 notes.

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 notes.

Ornette Coleman quotes: 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 who I am. I created

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 who I am. I created everything about me.

Ornette Coleman quotes: When I have them working together, it's like a beautiful kaleidoscope.

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

Ornette Coleman quotes: The only thing my mother would say about my music-I'd say, "Mom, listen to this," and she'd say, "Junior, I know who you are.

The only thing my mother would say about my music-I'd say, "Mom, listen to this," and she'd say, "Junior, I know who you are.

Ornette Coleman quotes: I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke.

I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke.

Ornette Coleman quotes: Whatever you do, it's over when you do it - but first you have to do it.

Whatever you do, it's over when you do it - but first you have to do it.

Ornette Coleman quotes: For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action.

For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action.