The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
JOHN COLTRANEAll a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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.
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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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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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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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I’d like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.
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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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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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 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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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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I’m into scales right now.
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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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