Ornette Coleman Quotes

That'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 Coleman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015

Topics

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Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).

Joe Klein

MenBalanceWeaknessYoungSenior

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.

John Malkovich

MyselfGratefulLearnFailOne Thing

As efficiently as our phones connect us to one another, and as much as we take advantage of that, we must remember that they have the power to alienate us, too.

Robert Rinder

PowerRememberTake AdvantagePhones

I think we're programmed for hardship. In my experience, human beings are happiest when they're working themselves to the bone. People are more likely to feel adrift and unsatisfied when they have too much leisure time. Obstacles are good.

Jeff Carlson

GoodTimeExperiencePeopleThink

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

Stephen Vizinczey

LifeCharacterNamePersonTest

I knew I wanted to be a writer at 13. Before that, I told everyone I was going to be an artist.

Siri Hustvedt

ArtistEveryoneGoingWriterKnew

At some point, I'll have to go get a real job.

Simone Biles

JobGoRealPointGetSome

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.

Tony Blair

BossMeStreetAlwaysPrimeCall

Batman gets close to the insanity of Gotham, to the craziness, to what drives that city mad, and not be driven mad himself - or, at least, most of the time he isn't. That's most like the mission of the C.I.A. We get into the heads of our enemies without becoming our enemy.

Tom King

TimeCityMissionMadInsanity

Hate traps us by binding us too tightly to our adversary.

Milan Kundera

HateUsOurTightlyTooAdversary

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

Jason Robards

MeDramaOutTrackPhonyAlmost

The smartest thing a filmmaker can do is to become a good editor.

Jay Chandrasekhar

GoodBecomeFilmmakerSmartestThing

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