Ornette Coleman Quotes

Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to my school, and I saw this guy get up and play this solo. And I said, 'Oh man, what is that! That must be fantastic!'

Ornette Coleman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManSchoolPlaySaidBandUp

For a coach to be able to help you, they need to get to know you well. They need to see what's happening - that you are not in the mood to talk, or something like this. It is very hard to find the right person.

Ana Ivanovic

Right PersonHelpYouFindPerson

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.

Stewart O'Nan

ServiceStoryShortLongAlways

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.

Robert Byrd

FeetSpeakStandDustIndividual

I didn't have the kind of talent or personality that kept me dreaming about Hollywood. They don't hire little colored girls to do this or that. After I got that in my head, I took another direction.

Ruby Dee

PersonalityTalentMeDirectionKind

When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.

Michael Ondaatje

WritingWorldYouKindWithin

My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom.

Miley Cyrus

TimeMeMomShortLongLong Time

Movies don't sit in the theaters for an entire summer like they did in 1982. Now you've got a two- or three-week shelf life so you need to have that awareness right off the bat. And in order to make a lot of people know about your movie, you need to be out there banging the drum and showing your stuff.

Joseph Kosinski

LifePeopleYouSummerKnowMovies

Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record.

Jon Bellion

DanceOutMonsterStartedAlmost

People think jazz music is all standards and the Great American Songbook. But it's really about the sensibility, the feel you bring to the music.

Dianne Reeves

MusicGreatPeopleThinkAmerican

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.

Clint Eastwood

MotherMusicListeningPlayOver

But reality television is here to stay.

Cilla Black

RealityTelevisionStayHere

I can't be casual about losing. I always think I have a chance to win until winning is absolutely impossible.

Arnold Palmer

LosingWinWinningImpossibleChance

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