Quotes by Ornette Coleman

“Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.”

“Im 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.”

“It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.”

“I decided, if Im going to be poor and black and all, the least thing Im going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me.”

“I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs”

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.