Anybody Can Play. The Note

If You Have A Tone Like Mine That Is Recognizable. No Matter What I Play, When You Hear My Tone You Can Tell It's Me.

If You Don't Know What To Play, Play Nothing.

Some Of [drummers] Drop Time Because They Want To Hear What You're Doin'.

I Began To Realize That Some Of The Things Ornette Coleman Had Said About Things Being Played Three Or Fours Ways, Independently Of Each Other, Were True Because Bach Had Also Composed That Way.

If You Have To Ask, You'll Never Know.