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John Coltrane

Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

Glasses, Magnifying, Making, Music, Thinking
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When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.

Begin, Desire, Good, Music, People

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing. . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood.

Communication, Emotional, Feeling, Music, Understand

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

Giving, Like, Listener, Musician, Wonderful

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

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Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way--through the senses, theoretically, technically. I would talk to Monk about musical problems, and he would sit at the piano and show me the answers just by playing them. I could watch him play and find out the things I wanted to know. Also, I could see a lot of things that I didn't know about at all.

Order, Piano, Play, Playing, Senses
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