Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
JOHN COLTRANEDamn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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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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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Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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I’m into scales right now.
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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 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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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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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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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 think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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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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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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 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 think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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