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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

John 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 COLTRANE

Law Music Nature Source
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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Essential Myself Play Reason Sound Time Work
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 COLTRANE

Beautiful Life Music Myself Need People Question
I’m into scales right now.
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Music Myself Right Scale
You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Inspirational Music Passion Sincere Yourself
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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Feeling Known Man Myself Name Thinking Truth
I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Interest Musician Thinking Truth
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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Beginning Expression Goodness Knowledge Music People Possible Soul Spiritual Talk
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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Existence Faith Knowledge Music Myself Spiritual
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
JOHN COLTRANE

Close Musician Source
The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
JOHN COLTRANE

Eyes Hear Music Myself Right
Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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Important Listening Person Yourself
Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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Existence Music Ourselves Word
I want to be the force which is truly for good.
JOHN COLTRANE

Force Goodness Myself True
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 COLTRANE

Himself Listening Musician Picture Universe
God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
JOHN COLTRANE

Breathe Feeling Gentle God Ourselves

All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

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