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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.

John Coltrane

Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Darkness Elevator Monk Work
You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Inspirational Music Passion Sincere Yourself
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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Believe Goodness Growth Man Myself
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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Expression Goal Knowledge Life Live Music Myself Religious True
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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Beautiful Life Music Myself Need People Question
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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Beginning Goodness People Possible See
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source
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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Feeling Future Greatness Heritage Myself Optimist Reason Work
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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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
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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Change Man Real Risk Strive
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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Himself Listening Musician Picture Universe
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
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious
I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Force Goodness Myself True
All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
JOHN COLTRANE

Feeling Right Technique

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