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Ornette Coleman

"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something."

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Akiroq Brost

"All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth."

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"Never mind the mistakes. One day they will become your most prized possessions."

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Akiroq Brost

"If 'pratikraman' happens immediately [as the mistake happen], then it will bring one in the state of God (Bhagwan-pad)."

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Akiroq Brost

"It's just a mistake, you understand you don't ya??... and Hello, father 33 days from your dead!"

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Akiroq Brost

"Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error."

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"One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."

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Akiroq Brost

"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."

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Akiroq Brost

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."

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Akiroq Brost

"The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test."

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Akiroq Brost

"Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."

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Ornette Coleman
"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."

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Ornette Coleman
"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something."

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Ornette Coleman
"Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company."

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Ornette Coleman
"I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me."

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Ornette Coleman
"It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression."

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Ornette Coleman
"I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it today and tomorrow they might not. I've had that experience with record companies."

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Ornette Coleman
"It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing."

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Ornette Coleman
"I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you're going to do it but when you do it."

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Ornette Coleman
"I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have."

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Ornette Coleman
"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."

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