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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.

John Coltrane

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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Beautiful Life Music Myself Need People Question
Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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Existence Music Ourselves Word
I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I’m doing, the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there’s some feeling of communication, it isn’t necessary that it be understood.
JOHN COLTRANE

Communication Emotional Feeling Necessary Reaction Thinking Understand
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Count Feeling Inspirational Rule
I’m into scales right now.
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Music Myself Right Scale
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source
All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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Feeling Right Technique
God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
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Breathe Feeling Gentle God Ourselves
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
One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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Oneself Positive Thinking Vibration
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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Better Friendship Greatness Known Life Musician Myself
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
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Direction Move Music Start
Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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End Music Myself Thinking Time Wrong
Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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Important Listening Person Yourself
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.

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