John Coltrane

North Carolina · born or raised1926–1967

American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)

Born in Hamlet
Lived in Hamlet
Studied at William Penn High School

bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz musician, saxophonist, singer

Quotations with a citation

Rushin' Lullaby.

[T]he main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. 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. That's what I would like to do. I think that's one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician's is through his music.

Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.

Q: What would you like to be in 10 years? A: I'd like to be a saint.

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.

My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there's no problem because the music is just part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am—my faith, my knowledge, my being.

In the libraries

Open Library Coltrane Plays Standards (Artist Transcriptions) · 2000 View library record ↗ Open Library John Coltrane · 1993 View library record ↗ Open Library John Coltrane - A Love Supreme · 2003 View library record ↗ Open Library John Coltrane - Giant Steps · 2004 View library record ↗ Open Library John Coltrane Solos · 1996 View library record ↗ Open Library The Best Of John Coltrane - Saxophone Signature Licks · 2005 View library record ↗

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