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 blackcreatedecide Change image and share on social
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 adultconversationfit share on social
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 badbusinesscompany Change image and share on social
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 decideinstrumenttoday Change image and share on social
It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. Ornette Coleman findknowmake Change image and share on social
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 artisticbadexpression Change image and share on social
