Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
JOHN COLTRANEDamn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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 think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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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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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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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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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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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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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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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