John Coltrane Quotes

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• I would like to bring to people something like happiness. I would like to discover a method so that if I want it to rain,…
• Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things…
• Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft
• Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way--through the senses,…
• I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about…
• When you are playing with someone who really has something to say, even though they may be otherwise quite different in style, there’s one thing…
• Change is inevitable in music - things change.
• There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself... I know that I want to produce beautiful…
• There is never any end... There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep…
• I've always felt that even though a man was not a Christian, he still has to know the truth some way or another. Or if…
• During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive…
• Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.
• I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long…
• Whatever I'd say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the…
• ...That is one of the main causes of this arrogance: the idea of power. Then you lose your true power which is to be part…
• Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.
• I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
• The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of…
• I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.
• I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want…

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