Overall, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give to the listener the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe... That's what I would like to do. I think that's one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do that in some way. The musician's is through his music.

John Coltrane

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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups...I want to speak to their souls.

John Coltrane

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One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.

John Coltrane

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Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious.

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I want to be a force for real good. In other words, I know there are bad forces. You know, I

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real suffering opposites

Damn the rules, it's the feeling that counts.

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damn feelings

The real risk is not

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risk real men

God breathes through us so completely...So gently we hardly feel it...yet it is our everything.

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I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.

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patterns people thinking

During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music. I feel this has been granted through His grace. ALL PRAISE TO GOD.

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Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

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Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.

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jazz

Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.

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I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.

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My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.

John Coltrane

music expression spiritual

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.

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...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'.

John Coltrane

true-power music school

I would like to bring to people something like happiness. I would like to discover a method so that if I want it to rain, it will start right away to rain. If one of my friends is ill, I'd like to play a certain song and he will be cured; when he'd be broke, I'd bring out a different song and immediately he'd receive all the money he needed.

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You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

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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.

John Coltrane

trying giving thinking

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

John Coltrane

want men believe