Carolina QuotesI 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 Carolinian
Source
From an interview at the Tokyo Prince Hotel (July 7, 1966), which followed the press conference, as cited in the booklet for Live in Japan (Impulse! GRD-4-102 CD-boxset of two concerts recorded during the month; US set released in 1991). — It is not clear from the source if Coltrane was referring to the question asked above.
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“I thought about this question. I answered it as best I could…” John Coltrane. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-08AEB89985. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/08aeb89985