Coltrane Quote by Herbie Mann

Coltrane had a sax, Dale Earnhardt drives a race car and everybody has their tools.

— Talib Kweli

My aunt Ruth Brown was a jazz musician. I got hooked on it at a young age, understanding what John Coltrane was doing playing…

— Rakim

I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have…

— Paul Bley

A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison] is right…

— Freddie Hubbard

If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian…

— Aaron Copland

I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

— Herb Alpert

I love, you know, a lot of jazz, John Coltrane.

— Rakim

All John Coltrane's records are amazing.

— Kamasi Washington

The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic 'Baker Street' has to be the…

— Rob Sheffield

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

I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony…

— Gerry Mulligan

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

— Jan Garbarek