Top 19 Quotes by John Coltrane

About John Coltrane

These are some quotes by American author John Coltrane Musician, who lived between September 23, 1926 and July 17, 1967.

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

From a technical viewpoint, I have certain things I'd like to present in my solos. To do this, I have to get the right material. It has to swing, and it has to be varied.

From a technical viewpoint, I have certain things I'd like to present in my solos. To do this, I have to get the right material. It has to swing, and it has to be varied.

John Coltrane

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

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

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

I first met Miles Davis about 1947 and played a few jobs with him and Sonny Rollins at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. During this period, he was coming into his own, and I could see him extending the boundaries of jazz even further.

John Coltrane

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

John Coltrane

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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