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> [When John said that he wanted me to play with him on piano, I told him that there were many others who were qualified. He said, 'I want you there because you can do it.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/when-john-said-that-he-wanted-me-to-play-with-him-on-piano-i-told-him/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

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## More by Alice Coltrane

> [You have got to stress the freedom of music to really branch out and be universal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/you-have-got-to-stress-the-freedom-of-music-to-really-branch-out-and/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/the-music-is-within-your-heart-your-soul-your-spirit-and-this-is-all/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [When looking through the spiritual eye, or the third eye encased within the human mind, one can see vividly beyond the ken of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/when-looking-through-the-spiritual-eye-or-the-third-eye-encased/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/when-you-quiet-your-mind-you-can-enter-a-world-of-clarity-peace-and/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/i-didn-t-want-to-be-equal-to-him-i-didn-t-have-to-be-equal-to-him-and/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [I came through the bebop era, and to me that was enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/i-came-through-the-bebop-era-and-to-me-that-was-enough/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/you-re-creating-it-comes-from-the-heart-the-spirit-the-soul-you-re/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [Once, John and I were coming form a concert that he had played, and it was late in the morning. We heard a couple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/once-john-and-i-were-coming-form-a-concert-that-he-had-played-and-it/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/just-as-it-is-fire-s-nature-to-burn-it-is-meditation-s-nature-to-heal/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/maybe-other-musicians-are-interested-in-different-things-maybe-they/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [God's work was what I felt was the greater work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/god-s-work-was-what-i-felt-was-the-greater-work/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/it-was-so-interesting-when-john-coltrane-created-a-love-supreme-he/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/i-didn-t-have-to-inspire-john-toward-the-avant-garde-he-did-not-need/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [The mind is a great gift, but it has to be quieted down in order to feel, hear and see the presence of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/the-mind-is-a-great-gift-but-it-has-to-be-quieted-down-in-order-to/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

> [When John said that he wanted me to play with him on piano, I told him that there were many others who were qualified.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-coltrane/when-john-said-that-he-wanted-me-to-play-with-him-on-piano-i-told-him/)

[Alice Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-coltrane/)

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