If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom.
After two takes you're imitating yourself.
Those who want to know what sound goes into my music should come to NY and open their ears.
It's always night, or we wouldn't need light.
Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts.
When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes, and for a while I tried real hard. But every time I got to hating them, some white guy would come along and mess the whole thing up.