Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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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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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I’m into scales right now.
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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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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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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for 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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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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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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