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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: "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: "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.



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: "You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition."

You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.



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: "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: "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: "We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we've forgotten that we all still have diapers on. We've separated music from life."

We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we've forgotten that we all still have diapers on. We've separated music from life.



Ornette Coleman Quotes: "It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression."

It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.



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 had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles."

I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.




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



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: "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: "All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body--like radiation, cancer, and all."

All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body--like radiation, cancer, and all.



Ornette Coleman Quotes: "I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you're going to do it but when you do it."

I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you're going to do it but when you do it.



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: "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: "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."

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: "If you decide you want to be treated good, and you treat someone else good, or you want to learn something, it's information. It's getting the right, good information."

If you decide you want to be treated good, and you treat someone else good, or you want to learn something, it's information. It's getting the right, good information.



Ornette Coleman Quotes: "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 I know that this book will enlighten them."

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 I know that this book will enlighten them.



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: "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 really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness."

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 of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.



Ornette Coleman Quotes: "To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say."

To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say.



Ornette Coleman Quotes: "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 to know it exists."

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 to know it exists.



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: "Sound has no parents."

Sound has no parents.



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