Author: 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

My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they married, so she had to pass it up.

My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they married, so she had to pass it up.

- John Coltrane

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

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

My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it through my music. If you can live it, there's no problem about the music, because it's part of the whole thing.

My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it through my music. If you can live it, there's no problem about the music, because it's part of the whole thing.

- John Coltrane

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

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

- John Coltrane

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

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

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

- John Coltrane

In the year of 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening, which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life.

In the year of 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening, which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life.

- John Coltrane

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