I want to be the force which is truly for good.
JOHN COLTRANEI think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
More John Coltrane Quotes
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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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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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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
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I think I know what it is but don’t ask me to play it.
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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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Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.
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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
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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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Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
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Invest yourself in everything you do. There’s fun in being serious.
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Damn the rules, it’s the feeling that counts.
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All of the technique doesn’t matter only if the feeling is right.
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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 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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