You have got to stress the freedom of music to really branch out and be universal. — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
When looking through the spiritual eye, or the third eye encased within the human mind, one can see vividly beyond the ken of human… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding. — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
I didn't want to be equal to him. I didn't have to be equal to him and do what he did. That, I never… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
You're creating ' it comes from the heart, the spirit, the soul. You're not manufacturing somebody else's plan, somebody else's blueprint, somebody else's idea… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
Once, John and I were coming form a concert that he had played, and it was late in the morning. We heard a couple… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
Just as it is fire's nature to burn, it is meditation's nature to heal, to bring peace and uplift you beyond your worldly environment… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
Maybe other musicians are interested in different things, maybe they have greater monetary concerns. I hear people who have not changed, who haven't elevated… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
It was so interesting, when [John Coltrane] created A Love Supreme. He had meditated that week. I almost didn't see him downstairs. And it… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
I didn't have to inspire John toward the avant-garde; he did not need anything from me. That is why it's so interesting that critics… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
The mind is a great gift, but it has to be quieted down in order to feel, hear and see the presence of God. — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
When John said that he wanted me to play with him on piano, I told him that there were many others who were qualified.… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share
