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

JOHN COLTRANE

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

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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.

JOHN COLTRANE

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

Known Musician
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.

JOHN COLTRANE

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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Known Name
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.

JOHN COLTRANE

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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Reaction
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.

JOHN COLTRANE

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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Listening Musician
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

JOHN COLTRANE

All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
JOHN COLTRANE

Musician Source
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.

JOHN COLTRANE

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.
JOHN COLTRANE
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.

JOHN COLTRANE

Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
JOHN COLTRANE
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.

JOHN COLTRANE

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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Source
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.

JOHN COLTRANE

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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Expression Goal Religious
I’d like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.

JOHN COLTRANE

I’d like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.
JOHN COLTRANE

Language Musical Point
I’m into scales right now.

JOHN COLTRANE

I’m into scales right now.
JOHN COLTRANE

Scale
I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.

JOHN COLTRANE

I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
JOHN COLTRANE

Known
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.

JOHN COLTRANE

Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
JOHN COLTRANE

Count
There is never any end, There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we’ve discovered in its pure state.

JOHN COLTRANE

There is never any end, There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we’ve discovered in its pure state.
JOHN COLTRANE

End Purify
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.

JOHN COLTRANE

When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
JOHN COLTRANE

See
All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.

JOHN COLTRANE

All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
JOHN COLTRANE

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