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Famous John Coltrane Quotes
“I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.”
“Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.”
“Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.”
“The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.”
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.”
“Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious.”
“All of the technique doesn't matter... only if the feeling is right.”
“Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.”
“One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.”
“Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.”
“Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.”
“God breathes through us so completely...So gently we hardly feel it...yet it is our everything.”