I’m into scales right now.
JOHN COLTRANE
JOHN COLTRANE
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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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 ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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 ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane Change is inevitable in music – things change.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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.
John ColtraneJohn Coltrane 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 ColtraneJohn Coltrane
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Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
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Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
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Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
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Alan KayAlan Kay A major change is afoot as we combine both WPZ and Access into the large scale natural gas infrastructure MLP. And the team here at WPZ is very energized right now.
Alun ArmstrongAlun Armstrong So when they ask you what you weigh, you don’t need to look down at any scale. Instead, simply tell them the truth; tell them how you weigh whole universes and storms and scars and stories, too.
Nikita GillNikita Gill Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei There is no way the Americans are going to be able to carry out a full scale war against Iraq and at the same time maintain the same kind of pressure on the Al Qaeda network in countries as diverse as Indonesia, Philippines, and Pakistan, as well as in Europe.
Ahmed RashidAhmed Rashid We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.
Agnes RepplierAgnes Repplier War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography,
Adrien BrodyAdrien Brody Let us think on a greater scale.
Adolph MurieAdolph Murie