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.
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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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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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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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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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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I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
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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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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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