Ornette Coleman Famous Quotes & Sayings
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It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

Sound has no parents.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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