Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?
Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"
You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says. Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.
Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.