Music is the say way. If you desire to play it or write it, then you have to get more information. But the end result is that you play music.
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.Ornette Coleman
I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me.
Ornette Coleman
I think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into the creative part of life.
Ornette Coleman
You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.
Ornette Coleman
I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum.
Ornette Coleman
Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
Ornette Coleman
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