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 COLTRANEAll of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be – at least, this is what I want to do.
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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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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
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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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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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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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I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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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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You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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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.
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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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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Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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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.
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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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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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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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