I’m into scales right now.
JOHN COLTRANEChange is inevitable in music – things change.
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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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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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 first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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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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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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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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Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
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I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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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 want to be the force which is truly for good.
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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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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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