I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. — Ornette Coleman
I don’t really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do — Ornette Coleman
I’ve never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company — Ornette Coleman
I’ve had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer — Ornette Coleman
I’ve been playing with blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to — Ornette Coleman
Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time. — Ornette Coleman
No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? you see a little kid holding a conversation — Ornette Coleman
It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. — Ornette Coleman
So, for instance, if you came to me, I’d ask,’do you want to write? do you want to improvise? — Ornette Coleman
Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, ‘i think of myself as a composer.’ — Ornette Coleman
To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level — Ornette Coleman