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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.

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
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’m into scales right now.
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Music Myself Right Scale
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Darkness Elevator Monk Work
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
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
You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Inspirational Music Passion Sincere Yourself
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Count Feeling Inspirational Rule
Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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Important Listening Person Yourself
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.
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Discover End Feeling Imagination Purify Sound State
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
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
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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Beginning Expression Goodness Knowledge Music People Possible Soul Spiritual Talk
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 think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Interest Musician Thinking Truth
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source

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