'In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says. Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.'
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Technique can sometimes overshadow content intentionally.
'You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of other musicians. He had it. When you hear a c…
'John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he kept trying to reach new levels of awar…
'Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.'
My music must be an artistic reproduction of human speech in all its finest shades. That is, the sounds of human speech, as the external manifestations of thou…
If you're listening to this song You may think the chords are going wrong But they're not We just wrote it like that
One must not always think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form.