Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
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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The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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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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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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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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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 want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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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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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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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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