My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
JOHN COLTRANEGod breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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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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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.
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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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There is never any end, There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we’ve discovered in its pure state.
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Whatever I’d say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I’ve ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician.
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I’m into scales right now.
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there’s no problem because the music is part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am – my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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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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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups…I want to speak to their souls.
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