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JOHN COLTRANEI’m into scales right now.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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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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My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there’s no problem because the music is part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am – my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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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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I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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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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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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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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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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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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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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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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