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.
JOHN COLTRANEMy music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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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Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music as if for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and that’s too bad.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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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.
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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 first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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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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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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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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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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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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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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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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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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