Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
JOHN COLTRANEChange is inevitable in music – things change.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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’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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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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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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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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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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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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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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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 a force for real good. In other words, I know there are bad forces. You know, I know that there are forces out here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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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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