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

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 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

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

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

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