Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
JOHN COLTRANEAll 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.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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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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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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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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The real risk is not changing. I have to feel that I’m after something. If I make money, fine. But I’d rather be striving. It’s the striving, man, it’s that I want.
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I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.
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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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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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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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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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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 think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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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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