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Jazz Quotes by John Coltrane
- 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…
- All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural…
- I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once.
- My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music,…
More Jazz Quotes
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. — Louis Armstrong
- Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
- I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat,… — Travis Barker