Coltrane Quotes

46 quotes by 38 authors

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that… — Branford Marsalis
Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians. — Colin Greenwood
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once! — Miles Davis
But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about something of value,… — Wynton Marsalis
When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each… — Wynton Marsalis
Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration. — Colin Greenwood
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a… — Jaco Pastorius
My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the… — Meshell Ndegeocello
John Coltrane - I've been listening to the 'Trane again. It blows you away, because I know more now and I hear more now and… — Alan Vega
When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. — Tom Verlaine
I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose. — Herb Alpert
Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins,… — Kenny G
I remember when A love Supreme was released - I heard it at a friends house. ... Man it was incredible. That record sounded different… — Maurice White
Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing. — Jan Garbarek
I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. — Wynton Marsalis
If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work. — Isaac Mizrahi
I grew up in the sixties watching B.B. King and Tito Puente and Miles Davis and Coltrane, everybody, Marvin Gaye, Jimi. And at the same… — Carlos Santana
I am the flying saucer man from another world trapped on yours until they come to rescue me. One day the saucer will land. Jimi… — Henry Rollins
Who ... what are they?" "My pride and glory," Alex said fondly. "Betty and Lucy Coltrane. Best damned bouncers in the business. Though of course… — Simon R. Green
Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball… — Kenny G

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