Quotes by Ornette Coleman

All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and...

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After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone...

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Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to...

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Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such...

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That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think...

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So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do...

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

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No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid...

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Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had...

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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you...

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

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