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John Coltrane Quotes by Pharoah Sanders
- [John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what I was doing…
- He didn't say nothing. He would just do things. He never said nothing or explained nothing. He just would do it and that was it.…
More John Coltrane Quotes
- I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp...… — Eric Clapton
- To me John Coltrane was like an angel on earth. He struck me that deeply. — Elvin Jones
- If there's any such thing as a perfect man, I think John Coltrane was one. And I think that kind of perfection… — Elvin Jones
- I don't consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can't develop any further. But I compose my pieces with a… — Thelonious Monk
- ... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it… — Phil Lesh
- Bob Erlendson, a local piano player, taught me chord structure and which scales go along with them. Later, I began listening to… — Lenny Breau
- John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time… — Albert Ayler
- John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O'Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and… — Cornel West
- It was so interesting, when [John Coltrane] created A Love Supreme. He had meditated that week. I almost didn't see him downstairs.… — Alice Coltrane
- [John Coltrane] liked my qualities as a person and that's the reason why he let me play with him. It wasn't what… — Pharoah Sanders
- He didn't say nothing. He would just do things. He never said nothing or explained nothing. He just would do it and… — Pharoah Sanders
- In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The… — Archie Shepp