There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself… I know that I want to produce beautiful music, music that does things to people that they need.
JOHN COLTRANEOne positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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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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God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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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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The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.
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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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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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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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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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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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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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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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