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 COLTRANEWhen you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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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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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Considering the great heritage in music that we have – the work of the giants of the past, the present, and the promise of those who are to come – I feel that we have every reason to face the future optimistically.
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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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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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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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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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