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.
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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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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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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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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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 want to be the force which is truly for good.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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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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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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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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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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The real risk is not changing. I have to feel that I’m after something. If I make money, fine. But I’d rather be striving. It’s the striving, man, it’s that I want.
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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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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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