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 ColtraneI think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.
John ColtraneWhen you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
John ColtraneI would like to bring to people something like happiness. I would like to discover a method so that if I want it to rain, it will start right away to rain. If one of my friends is ill, I'd like to play a certain song and he will be cured; when he'd be broke, I'd bring out a different song and immediately he'd receive all the money he needed.
John Coltrane