Coltrane Quote by Pharoah Sanders

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 wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

— Wynton Marsalis

In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The result is…

— Archie Shepp

I think I showed my qualities and the way I can play.

— Andre Schurrle

The way so many musicians slavishly imitated Coltrane, that's the way it was with Charlie Parker - only even more so, if that can…

— Art Pepper

I skipped school one day to see Dizzy Gillespie, and that's where I met Coltrane. Coltrane and Jimmy Heath just joined the band, and…

— Donald Byrd

To me John Coltrane was like an angel on earth. He struck me that deeply.

— Elvin Jones

The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity.

— Paul Desmond

I tried to play anything people would hire me to play, because I was a musician.

— J. J. Cale

I always say I became the musician that I wanted and needed.

— Laufey

I wanted to be known as a better musician more than anything.

— Tiffany Darwish

Being a musician is a given for me-I didn't have much choice in the matter.

— Tom Morello