Author: 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

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

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

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

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

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