Author: 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

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

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

Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because I keep my head so much in music and not in business.

Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because I keep my head so much in music and not in business.

- 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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