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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.

John Coltrane

God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
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Breathe Feeling Gentle God Ourselves
I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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Known Myself Play Thinking
One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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Oneself Positive Thinking Vibration
You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Inspirational Music Passion Sincere Yourself
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious
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 first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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Eyes Hear Music Myself Right
I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Interest Musician Thinking Truth
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
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
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
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source
I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Force Goodness Myself True
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
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Count Feeling Inspirational Rule
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
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Darkness Elevator Monk Work
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Direction Move Music Start
I’m into scales right now.
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Music Myself Right Scale
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
All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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Feeling Right Technique
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
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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Help Horn Play Time Yourself
I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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Instrument Music Myself Pattern People Thinking
I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.
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Aspect Awake Learning Music Myself Thinking
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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Communication Emotional Feeling Necessary Reaction Thinking Understand
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

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