My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
JOHN COLTRANEJohn Coltrane Quotes
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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.
JOHN COLTRANE
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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.
JOHN COLTRANE
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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.
JOHN COLTRANE
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Change is inevitable in music – things change.
JOHN COLTRANE
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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.
JOHN COLTRANE
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Whatever I’d say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I’ve ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician.
JOHN COLTRANE
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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 COLTRANE
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I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.
JOHN COLTRANE
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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.
JOHN COLTRANE
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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.
JOHN COLTRANE