“Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe. . . Thats what I would like to do. I think thats one of the greatest things you can do in life and we all try to do it in some way. The musicians is through his music.” ThinkingKnowsWayGivingTryingUniverseCan DoWonderfulMusicianJazzSensesListenersWonderful Things Author:John Coltrane
“Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way--through the senses, theoretically, technically. I would talk to Monk about musical problems, and he would sit at the piano and show me the answers just by playing them. I could watch him play and find out the things I wanted to know. Also, I could see a lot of things that I didn't know about at all.” KnowsWayPlayShowsProblemWantedOrderFeltAnswersWatchesHighestJazzMusicalSensesPianoArchitectShow MeMonk Author:John Coltrane
“I've always felt that even though a man was not a Christian, he still has to know the truth some way or another. Or if he was a Christian, he could know the truth. The truth itself doesn't have any name on it to me. And each man has to find this for himself, I think.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWayStillsChristianNamesFelt Author:John Coltrane
“...That is one of the main causes of this arrogance: the idea of power. Then you lose your true power which is to be part of all, and the only way you can be part of all is to understand it. And when you don't understand, you have to go humbly to it. You don't go to school and say, 'I know what you're going to teach me'.” KnowsWayIdeasSchoolCausesLosesMusicTeachArroganceTrue Power Author:John Coltrane
“We should pray and seek for knowledge which would enable us to portray and project the things we love in music, in a way that might wholly or in some part, be appreciated as having been conceived and composed or performed and presented with dedication and in positive taste” WayShouldMightPrayingTasteProjectsDedicationAppreciated Author:John Coltrane
