Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
JOHN COLTRANEOne positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.
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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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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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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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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.
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I’ve always felt that even though a man was not a Christian, he still has to know the truth some way or another. Or if he was a Christian, he could know the truth. The truth itself doesn’t have any name on it to me. And each man has to find this for himself, I think.
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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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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Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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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.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
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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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