Ornette Coleman Quotes
Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'
Ornette Coleman
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I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
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Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had constituents initiate legislation, lobby for it, organize meetings and events, and, of course, call, mail, e-mail and visit legislators to express their views. It's really great to see how much difference that individuals can make.
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In a typically contradictory move, globalisation, while promoting economic integration among elites, has exacerbated sectarianism everywhere else.
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In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.
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The next chapter is likely to provoke many mathematicians. This can't be helped. Mathematics is not what they think it is.
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Genius sees the answer before the question.
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Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'
Ornette Coleman
