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Ornette Coleman Quotes

Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you’re going to do it but when you do it Picture Quote #1

I’m having this conversation with you now. I’m talking, but I’m thinking, feeling, smelling, and moving. Yet I’m concentrating on what you’re saying. So that means there’s more things going on in the body than just the present thing that the person’s got you doing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that’s out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they’re doing Picture Quote #1

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something Picture Quote #1

It’s just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression Picture Quote #1

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient Picture Quote #1

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I’m interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it makes me happy to know it exists Picture Quote #1

I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs Picture Quote #1

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is Picture Quote #1

Musicians tell me, if what I’m doing is right, they should never have gone to school Picture Quote #1

For me, being an innovator doesn’t mean being more intelligent, more rich, it’s not a word, it’s an action Picture Quote #1

Music has many uses and I think the most perfected use that music has is one of a healing quality Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I’ve had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I’ve had lots of guys call me up. I’ve gotten two or three commissions to write things. I’ve written lots of movie scores Picture Quote #1

It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don’t do? This don’t make sense Picture Quote #1

No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn’t know the words he’s saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he’s thinking logical to what you’re saying Picture Quote #1

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Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company (Ornette Coleman Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you’re going to do it but when you do it (Ornette Coleman Quotes) I’m having this conversation with you now. I’m talking, but I’m thinking, feeling, smelling, and moving. Yet I’m concentrating on what you’re saying. So that means there’s more things going on in the body than just the present thing that the person’s got you doing (Ornette Coleman Quotes) 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 Quotes) It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that’s out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they’re doing (Ornette Coleman Quotes) It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something (Ornette Coleman Quotes) It’s just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression (Ornette Coleman Quotes) Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time (Ornette Coleman Quotes) 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 Quotes) I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient (Ornette Coleman Quotes) I’m interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it makes me happy to know it exists (Ornette Coleman Quotes) I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs (Ornette Coleman Quotes) The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is (Ornette Coleman Quotes) Musicians tell me, if what I’m doing is right, they should never have gone to school (Ornette Coleman Quotes) For me, being an innovator doesn’t mean being more intelligent, more rich, it’s not a word, it’s an action (Ornette Coleman Quotes) Music has many uses and I think the most perfected use that music has is one of a healing quality (Ornette Coleman Quotes) 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 Quotes) I’ve had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I’ve had lots of guys call me up. I’ve gotten two or three commissions to write things. I’ve written lots of movie scores (Ornette Coleman Quotes) It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don’t do? This don’t make sense (Ornette Coleman Quotes) No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn’t know the words he’s saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he’s thinking logical to what you’re saying (Ornette Coleman Quotes)

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