Quote by Ornette Coleman
It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on

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

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Most of my relationships have been like that – with record companies. Ive never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. Ive always had a personal relationship with someone in the company. – Ornette Coleman

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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient. – Ornette Coleman

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Ive never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and Id be left with the record company. And then – because they got fired – the record company wouldnt do anything for me. – Ornette Coleman

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We made too many wrong mistakes. – Yogi Berra

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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. – Edward Phelps

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The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then to copy him in every detail, except his mistakes. – Aubrey Menen

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I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one. – James Gordon Bennett

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