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

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.
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Himself Listening Musician Picture Universe
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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Believe Goodness Growth Man Myself
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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Divine Language Musical Myself People Point Soul Talk
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
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
Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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Count Feeling Inspirational Rule
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
I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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Instrument Music Myself Pattern People Thinking
God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
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Breathe Feeling Gentle God Ourselves
You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.
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Inspirational Music Passion Sincere Yourself
I want to be the force which is truly for good.
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Force Goodness Myself True
Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
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End Music Myself Thinking Time Wrong
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
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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Beginning Goodness People Possible See
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
One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.
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Oneself Positive Thinking Vibration
Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Fun Investment Serious
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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Communication Emotional Feeling Necessary Reaction Thinking Understand
I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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Interest Musician Thinking Truth
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
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
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Direction Move Music Start
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
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Close Musician Source
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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Beautiful Life Music Myself Need People Question
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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Music Myself Time Walk
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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Beginning Expression Goodness Knowledge Music People Possible Soul Spiritual Talk
Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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Change Music
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

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

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