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John Coltrane

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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Discover End Feeling Imagination Purify Sound State
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Direction Move Music Start
You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Inspirational Music Passion Sincere Yourself
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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Beginning Goodness People Possible See
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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Aspect Awake Learning Music Myself Thinking
I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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Known Myself Play Thinking
I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Interest Musician Thinking Truth
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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Bad Force Goodness Misery Reality Suffering True
Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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Change Music
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Count Feeling Inspirational Rule
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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Essential Myself Play Reason Sound Time Work
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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Existence Faith Knowledge Music Myself Spiritual
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Darkness Elevator Monk Work
Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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Existence Music Ourselves Word
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

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