I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Coltrane had a sax, Dale Earnhardt drives a race car and everybody has their tools. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration. — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
To me John Coltrane was like an angel on earth. He struck me that deeply. — Elvin Jones Copy Share Image
I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on. — Ted King Copy Share Image
Lately, Ive been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal,… — Geezer Butler Copy Share Image
My own musical background is based in the blues, and in classical composition. I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, John Coltrane,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians. — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work. — Isaac Mizrahi Copy Share Image
When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man.… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
Speaking for myself I have influenced with lots of John Coltrane, Van Morrison, Joanna Newsom, Mississippi Records compilations, Simon & Garfunkel, Duncan… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to John Coltrane and jazz, so they were subtle influences. I sometimes think about doing some kind of… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
Jazz is very important. It's not something I can put my finger on. When I'm writing at my favorite time, I like… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
It was Miles Davis who took me to New York, and Coltrane was in the band, as well as Paul Chambers, Philly… — Curtis Fuller Copy Share Image
I am the flying saucer man from another world trapped on yours until they come to rescue me. One day the saucer… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
I remember when A love Supreme was released - I heard it at a friends house. ... Man it was incredible. That… — Maurice White Copy Share Image
The way so many musicians slavishly imitated Coltrane, that's the way it was with Charlie Parker - only even more so, if… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
The chords in 'Light My Fire' are based on [John] Coltrane's version of this song. He just solos over A minor and… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
It's interesting to get older and realize that part of your job growing up in this profession is to help the next… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration… — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can't develop any further. But I compose my pieces with a… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have from… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
...I got a call from a record company offering me a contract, I did not want to take it because the Lord… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing. — Jan Garbarek Copy Share Image
Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that. — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
John Coltrane - I've been listening to the 'Trane again. It blows you away, because I know more now and I hear… — Alan Vega Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson. — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
![“In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says. Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.” quote by Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/cecil-taylor-20434_art_in-short-coltrane-s-tone-is-beautiful-be_358656.jpg)
![“The chords in 'Light My Fire' are based on [John] Coltrane's version of this song. He just solos over A minor and B minor, which is exactly what we did. Coltrane had played with Miles on Kind of Blue and took the idea of modal soloing over one or two chords farther out than anybody. He was a real…” quote by Robby Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/robby-krieger-36329_believe_the-chords-in-light-my-fire-are-based-on_2709795.png)
![“It's interesting to get older and realize that part of your job growing up in this profession is to help the next generation. More and more, with Boyhood and with Ellar Coltrane and with Emma [Watson], I start to see that role. There's no better way. Nobody wants advice, so you can't really give…” quote by Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/ethan-hawke-1828_advice_it-s-interesting-to-get-older-and-realiz_689437.jpg)
![“You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of other musicians. He had it. When you hear a cat do a thing like that, you got to go along with him. I think I heard Coltrane before I really got close to Miles [Davis]. Miles had a…” quote by Wes Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/wes-montgomery-34602_cat_you-know-john-coltrane-has-been-sort-of_2969350.jpg)
![“Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you are going to play hard, be sure to warm up. I'd get carried away trying to stay right with the momentum [of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers]. I used to try and play like…” quote by Freddie Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/freddie-hubbard-25585_art_don-t-make-the-mistakes-i-made-of-not-ta_595754.png)
