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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

John Coltrane

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be – at least, this is what I want to do.
JOHN COLTRANE

Believe Goodness Growth Man Myself
Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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Important Listening Person Yourself
One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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Oneself Positive Thinking Vibration
Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
JOHN COLTRANE

End Music Myself Thinking Time Wrong
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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Aspect Awake Learning Music Myself Thinking
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious
All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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Feeling Right Technique
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Direction Move Music Start
I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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Known Myself Play Thinking
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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Himself Listening Musician Picture Universe
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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Better Friendship Greatness Known Life Musician Myself
Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music as if for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and that’s too bad.
JOHN COLTRANE

Bad Escape Feeling Listening Music Myself Time Walk
I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I’m doing, the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there’s some feeling of communication, it isn’t necessary that it be understood.
JOHN COLTRANE

Communication Emotional Feeling Necessary Reaction Thinking Understand
I’m into scales right now.
JOHN COLTRANE

Music Myself Right Scale
Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock ‘n’ roll band.
JOHN COLTRANE

Help Horn Play Time Yourself
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source

Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

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