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.
JOHN COLTRANEI want to be the force which is truly for good.
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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 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.
JOHN COLTRANEThe 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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Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
JOHN COLTRANESometimes 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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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
JOHN COLTRANESometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
JOHN COLTRANEJazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
JOHN COLTRANEWhen you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
JOHN COLTRANEAll a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
JOHN COLTRANEI think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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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.
JOHN COLTRANEI’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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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.
JOHN COLTRANEThere 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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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
JOHN COLTRANEOne positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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I’m into scales right now.
JOHN COLTRANEI’m into scales right now.
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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
JOHN COLTRANEInvest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
JOHN COLTRANEAll of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
JOHN COLTRANEChange is inevitable in music – things change.
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