Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.
Ornette ColemanThat's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about.
Ornette ColemanHarmelody allows everybody to be an individual who does not have to imitate anybody else.
Ornette ColemanAll the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body--like radiation, cancer, and all.
Ornette Coleman