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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. Then he can feel he is interpreting them to the best of his ability.

John Coltrane

If the music doesn't say it, how can the words say it for the music?

John Coltrane

I thought about this question. I answered it as best I could [at the press conference]. I felt I didn't tell [the reporter] what I really wanted to say. He thought I was Christian. And I am by birth; my parents were and my early teachings were Christian. But as I look upon the world, I feel all men know the truth. If a man was a Christian, he could know the truth and he could not. The truth itself does not have any name on it. And each man has to find it for himself, I think.

John Coltrane

That's what music is to me—it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is.

John Coltrane

No matter what... it is with God. He is gracious and merciful. His way is in love, through which we all are. It is truly—A Love Supreme.

John Coltrane

John Coltrane

John Coltrane

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Born: September 23, 1926

Died: July 17, 1967 (aged 40)

Bio: John William Coltrane, also known as Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was later at the forefront of free jazz.

Known for:

A Love Supreme (1965)
Giant Steps (1959)
Blue Train (1958)
My Favorite Things (1961)
Ballads (1963)

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