Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
JOHN COLTRANESometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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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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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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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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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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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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All 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.
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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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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