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 Image
Look at what trance means. It means to transcend... it means to become transcendental! So if we get a singular transcendental path of light, that could lead to such great dimensions of consciousness, of revelation, of spirituality, of spiritual power. — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
You have got to stress the freedom of music to really branch out and be universal. — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding. — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“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 was so quiet! There was no sound, no practice! He was up there meditating, and when he came down he said, "I have a whole new music!" He said, "There is a new…” quote by Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/742/alice-coltrane-25252_beautiful_it-was-so-interesting-when-john-coltrane_1177734.jpg)