Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.
John ColtraneRead
I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Coltrane expresses the power of music to communicate profound emotions and connect with the inner selves of listeners.
In this quote, John Coltrane emphasizes the transcendental nature of music, suggesting that it serves as a language capable of expressing the divine and reaching beyond mere words. He aims to use music as a means to connect with people on a spiritual level, appealing to their souls and evoking deep emotional responses.
Themes
MusicDivineCommunicationSoulTranscendence
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech at a music festival emphasizing the importance of creativity.
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I start from one point and go as far as possible. But, unfortunately, I never lose my way. I 'localize,' which is to say that I think always in a given space. I rarely think of the whole of a solo, and only very briefly. I always return to the small part of the solo that I was in the process of playing.
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Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
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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 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.
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