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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.

John Coltrane

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
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious
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
I’m into scales right now.
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Music Myself Right Scale
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
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
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
Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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Change Music
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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Divine Language Musical Myself People Point Soul Talk
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
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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Better Friendship Greatness Known Life Musician Myself
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source
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 of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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Feeling Right Technique
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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Beginning Expression Goodness Knowledge Music People Possible Soul Spiritual Talk
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Direction Move Music Start

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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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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