In any situation that we find in our lives, when there is something that we feel should be better, we must exert effort to try and make it better. So it's the same socially, musically, politically in any department of… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to take a thing when it comes and be glad. I first began to feel this way in '57, when I started to get myself together musically, although at the time I was working academically and technically. — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
In any situation that we find in our lives, when there is something that we feel should be better, we must exert effort to… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I think that music, being an expression of the human heart, or of the human being itself, does express just what is happening -… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
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… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Considering the great heritage in music that we have - the work of the giants of the past, the present, and the promise of… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
Invest yourself in eveything you do. Theres no fun in being serious. — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
Sheets of sound. Well, that was when I got tired of certain modulations. Like when you want to get back to C, and you've… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
