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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

John Coltrane

Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Direction Move Music Start
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Darkness Elevator Monk Work
Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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Change Music
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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Essential Myself Play Reason Sound Time Work
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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Divine Language Musical Myself People Point Soul Talk
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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Help Horn Play Time Yourself
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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Existence Faith Knowledge Music Myself Spiritual
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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Change Man Real Risk Strive
I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Force Goodness Myself True
I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Interest Musician Thinking Truth
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Count Feeling Inspirational Rule
You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Inspirational Music Passion Sincere Yourself
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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Music Myself Time Walk
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious
I’m into scales right now.
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Music Myself Right Scale
The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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Eyes Hear Music Myself Right

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