"I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane." — Lee Konitz

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• I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane,… — Eric Clapton
• Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens,… — Maya Angelou
• 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… — Elvin Jones
• In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something.… — Cecil Taylor
• I don't consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can't develop any further. But I compose my pieces… — Thelonious Monk
• ... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane -… — Phil Lesh
• Bob Erlendson, a local piano player, taught me chord structure and which scales go along with them. Later, I began… — Lenny Breau
• John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during… — Albert Ayler
• John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O'Neill was an addict. What would America be without… — Cornel West
• It was so interesting, when [John Coltrane] created A Love Supreme. He had meditated that week. I almost didn't see… — Alice Coltrane
• ...I got a call from a record company offering me a contract, I did not want to take it because… — Alice Coltrane

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