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John Coltrane quotes: When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.

When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.

John Coltrane quotes: Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.

Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.

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

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

John Coltrane quotes: The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.

The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.

John Coltrane quotes: Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious.

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

John Coltrane quotes: I'm into scales right now.

I'm into scales right now.

John Coltrane quotes: I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.

I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.

John Coltrane quotes: After all the investigation, all of the technique-doesn't matter! Only if the feeling is right.

After all the investigation, all of the technique-doesn't matter! Only if the feeling is right.

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

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

John Coltrane quotes: Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

John Coltrane quotes: Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

John Coltrane quotes: You can play a shoestring if you're sincere

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere

John Coltrane quotes: I think I know what it is but don't ask me to play it

I think I know what it is but don't ask me to play it

John Coltrane quotes: The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.

The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.

John Coltrane quotes: Change is inevitable in music - things change.

Change is inevitable in music - things change.

John Coltrane quotes: Damn the rules, it's the feeling that counts.

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

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

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

John Coltrane quotes: I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once.

I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once.

John Coltrane 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.

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.

John Coltrane quotes: One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.

One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.

John Coltrane quotes: Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft

Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft

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

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