Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.
Ornette ColemanI think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into the creative part of life.
Ornette ColemanAfter I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had to end up playing them myself. And that's how I ended up just being a saxophone player.
Ornette Coleman