Appeared Quote by Bill Dixon

You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of…

— Wes Montgomery

In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The result is…

— Archie Shepp

I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane.

— Lee Konitz

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

The fact of the matter is that nobody understands what John Coltrane is doing except John Coltrane. And maybe not even him. So we're…

— Kamasi Washington

“Somewhere along the line Coltrane's soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it's McCoy Tyner's piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out…

— Haruki Murakami

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

— Wynton Marsalis

What was evident was that Mozart was simply transcribing music completely finished in his head. And finished as most music is never finished. Displace…

— Peter Shaffer

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was…

— Branford Marsalis

John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he…

— Albert Ayler

“Now listen for your song. Everybody’s got a song. When I used to chase the Trane— John Coltrane that is— he used to tell…

— David Mutti Clark

Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.

— Jan Garbarek