Harmelody allows everybody to be an individual who does not have to imitate anybody else.
Ornette ColemanMaking music is like a form of religion for me, because it soothes your heart and increases the pleasure of your brain. Most of all, it's very enjoyable to express something that you can only hear and not see, which is not bad.
Ornette ColemanI would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs.
Ornette ColemanI'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