I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
JOHN COLTRANEAll a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock ‘n’ roll band.
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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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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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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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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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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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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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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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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