Musicians tell me, if what I'm doing is right, they should never have gone to school.
Ornette ColemanMost of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.
Ornette ColemanOriginally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.
Ornette ColemanI 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