Carolina Quotes[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.
John Coltrane Carolinian
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Coltrane and Eric Dolphy interviewed by Don DeMichael, as cited in "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics" DownBeat (April 12, 1962; online reprint from 2014)
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“[T]he main thing a musician would like to do is to give a pi…” John Coltrane. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A7AD43A33D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a7ad43a33d
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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.
Q: What would you like to be in 10 years? A: I'd like to be a saint.
Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.