John Coltrane

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.

Overall, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give to the listener the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe... 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 that in some way. The musician's is through his music.

When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.

I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of the people.

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.

I think that music, being an expression of the human heart, or of the human being itself, does express just what is happening - the whole of human experience at the particular time that it is being expressed.