The best Quotes by John Coltrane

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.

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

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 the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.

I think that for me, as a UNC graduate, I value my education - I think everyone who's gone to that university values education.

Michael: "Don't forget my North Carolina shorts!"
Daffy: "Your shorts? From college?"
Michael: "I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game."
Looney Tunes: "Eeeew."
Michael: "I washed them after every game."
Daffy: "Hahaha... sure!"

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to North Carolina - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

Music is reflection of self

"Ah, music"' he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

God never made no difference between black, white, blue, pink or green. People is people, y'know. That's the message we try to spread.

Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

I mean, they say dou die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool air on his face, was so precious: to think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second.

Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.

You live among this ridiculous wealth and you get lost. You worry about nonsense like spirituality and inner health and satisfaction and relationships. You have no idea what it is like to starve, to watch yourself turn to bones.

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up - it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.