John Coltrane Quotes (11 Quotes)


    All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

    There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself . . . I know that I want to produce beautiful music, music that does things to people that they need.

    This Half Note material really comes at a summit, ... It's the high point of a sound that the band had been cultivating, basically, since 1961. The music that was recorded there comes at the strongest point of that band, playing that sound. Right after that, they start changing and going other places.

    Ive found youve got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.

    says Price. ''He's more than a musician a spiritual leader, a political leader, and just a leader of human nature around the world.


    Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, Ill never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and thats too bad.


    I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.

    There is never any end . . . There are always new sounds to imagine new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we've discovered in its pure state.

    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.

    I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood.


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