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.
JOHN COLTRANEMy 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.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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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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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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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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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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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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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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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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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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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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I’m into scales right now.
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