My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire t…

- John Coltrane

Damn the rules, it's the feeling that counts.

- John Coltrane

One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.

- John Coltrane

The real risk is not changing. I have to feel that I'm after something. If I make money, fine. But I'd rather be striving. It's the striving, man, …

- John Coltrane

I want to be a force for real good. In other words, I know there are bad forces. You know, I know that there are forces out here that bring sufferin…

- John Coltrane

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

- John Coltrane

Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

- John Coltrane

God breathes through us so completely...So gently we hardly feel it...yet it is our everything.

- John Coltrane

All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

- John Coltrane