Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
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.
I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.
To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.
Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.