"I mostly like things that have causes more than effects, and this seemed to be a tune that is mostly effects. I don't…"

"Let's play the music and not the background!"

"I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke."

"The only thing my mother would say about my music—I'd say, "Mom, listen to this," and she'd say, "Junior, I know who …"

"Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played nigth after night but differently each time."

"When people like and John Lewis, whose musicianship I respect, back and support this so openly and fervently, I don't…"

"When asked to play a 12-bar blues, Ornette Coleman fingered his plastic saxophone and played nothing...he's felt more…"

"I like Ornette's approach to writing. I wish I could see more of a link between the writing and the solos. It's like …"

"Whichever alto player it was, I wish he would play in tune. He's got good ideas, but it would help to get them across…"

"There's two driving forces for every jazz player—the playing and the writing ... Ornette's writing was a little bit a…"