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'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.
John ColtraneAny time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.
John ColtraneWe should pray and seek for knowledge which would enable us to portray and project the things we love in music, in a way that might wholly or in some part, be appreciated as having been conceived and composed or performed and presented with dedication and in positive taste
John Coltrane