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.
JOHN COLTRANEAll of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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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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.
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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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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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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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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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.
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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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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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