Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist. — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
“Lots of people imagine wrongly that 'My Favorite Things' is one of my compositions; I would have loved to have written it,… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people. — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion… — 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… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I would like to bring to people something like happiness. I would like to discover a method so that if I want… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
We should pray and seek for knowledge which would enable us to portray and project the things we love in music, in… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
The reason I play so many sounds, maybe it sounds angry, is because I'm trying so many things at one time, you… — 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… — 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
