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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

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
Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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Existence Music Ourselves Word
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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Communication Emotional Feeling Necessary Reaction Thinking Understand
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 think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Interest Musician Thinking Truth
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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Expression Goal Knowledge Life Live Music Myself Religious True
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
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Darkness Elevator Monk Work
The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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Eyes Hear Music Myself Right
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Count Feeling Inspirational Rule
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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Feeling Known Man Myself Name Thinking Truth
Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
JOHN COLTRANE

Important Listening Person Yourself
Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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End Music Myself Thinking Time Wrong
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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Beginning Expression Goodness Knowledge Music People Possible Soul Spiritual Talk
Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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Change Music
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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Believe Goodness Growth Man Myself
I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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Instrument Music Myself Pattern People Thinking
God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
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Breathe Feeling Gentle God Ourselves
I’m into scales right now.
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Music Myself Right Scale
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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Bad Force Goodness Misery Reality Suffering True
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
JOHN COLTRANE

Existence Faith Knowledge Music Myself Spiritual
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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Law Music Nature Source
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
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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Beginning Goodness People Possible See
I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Force Goodness Myself True
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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Better Friendship Greatness Known Life Musician Myself
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
JOHN COLTRANE

Close Musician Source

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