Ornette Coleman Quotes
I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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Another occupation might have been better.
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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I have to make little movies. I have to sit and film.
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We can only learn to love by loving.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
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I was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.
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What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.
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The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage.
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Our company, it's, uh, really un-sexy. And I think most people get into Hollywood to be showy. We first of all make horror movies, which people turn their noses up at. Second of all, we make cheap movies, and Hollywood's a lot about ego and money and, 'My movie cost $200m!,' you know?
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All I ever wanted was a successful career as an actress.
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I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.
