Ornette Coleman People Quotations

That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So I know that this book will enlighten them.

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.

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.

I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.

I think that there are lots of people that play music, but, basically, they have other things that are motivating them to play music.

Those things are the results of what people see and hear that you do. But the human beings themselves are living on a multiple level.