You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
JOHN COLTRANEI think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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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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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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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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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Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music as if for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and that’s too bad.
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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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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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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.
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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 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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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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I’m into scales right now.
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