John Coltrane Quotes

I want to be a force for real good. In other words, I know there are bad forces. You know, I know that there are forces out here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.
JOHN COLTRANE
Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.
JOHN COLTRANE

End
Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
JOHN COLTRANE

Listening
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 COLTRANE
God breathes through us so completely, So gently we hardly feel it, yet it is our everything.
JOHN COLTRANE

Gentle
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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Expression
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.
JOHN COLTRANE

Aspect Awake
Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
JOHN COLTRANE
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.
JOHN COLTRANE
All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.
JOHN COLTRANE

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