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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

John Coltrane

One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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Oneself Positive Thinking Vibration
Considering the great heritage in music that we have – the work of the giants of the past, the present, and the promise of those who are to come – I feel that we have every reason to face the future optimistically.
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Feeling Future Greatness Heritage Myself Optimist Reason Work
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Darkness Elevator Monk 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
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
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
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
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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Aspect Awake Learning Music Myself Thinking
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
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
I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Force Goodness Myself True
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
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Direction Move Music Start
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious
Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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Change Music
The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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Eyes Hear Music Myself Right

Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

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