Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
JOHN COLTRANEI’m into scales right now.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself… I know that I want to produce beautiful music, music that does things to people that they need.
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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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The real risk is not changing. I have to feel that I’m after something. If I make money, fine. But I’d rather be striving. It’s the striving, man, it’s that I want.
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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I’d like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.
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The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.
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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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I want to be a force for real good. In other words, I know there are bad forces. You know, I know that there are forces out here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
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The reason I play so many sounds, maybe it sounds angry, is because I’m trying so many things at one time, you see? I haven’t sorted them out. I have a whole bag of things that I’m trying to work through and get the one essential.
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