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I Don't Like To Hear Someone Put Down Dixieland. Those People Who Say There's No Music But Bop Are Just Stupid; It Shows How Much They Don't Know.

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.

It Takes You Years To Learn How To Play Like Yourself.

I'll Play It First And Figure Out What It's Called Later.

That Was My Gift . . . Having The Ability To Put Certain Guys Together That Would Create A Chemistry And Then Letting Them Go; Letting Them Play What They Knew, And Above It.