Famous Quotes

"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 on Food

More quotes about Food

• "I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."

  Oscar Wilde on Food

• "You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."

  Ronald Reagan on Food

• "It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available."

  Ronald Reagan on Food

• "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

  Yogi Berra on Food

• "Beware the hobby that eats."

  Benjamin Franklin on Food

More quotes by 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."

• "I've 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 I'd be left with the record company. And then - because they got fired - the record company wouldn't do anything for me."

• "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."