Quotes By Ornette Coleman

You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me.