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.
JOHN COLTRANEI think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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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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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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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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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
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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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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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Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
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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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I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
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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 I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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