Showing posts with label Spirituality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spirituality. Show all posts
Patti Smith Quotes
"I cant say why it's so popular, but perhaps it fulfills people's need for prayer. 'A Love Supreme' has a feeling of moral authority in the most humble and spiritual way. - Patti Smith
Bono Quotes
"I was at the top of the Grand Hotel in Chicago (on tour 1987) listening to 'a Love Supreme' and learning the lesson of a lifetime. Earlier i had been watching televangelists remake God in their own image: tiny, petty and greedy. I knew from my earliest memories that the world was winding in a direction away from love, and I too was caught in it's drag. There is so much wickedness in this world but beauty is our consolation prize ... the beauty of John Coltrane's reedy voice, it's whispers, it's knowingness, it's sly sexuality, it's praise of creation. And so Coltrane began to make sense to me. I left the music on repeat and I stayed awake listening to a man facing God with the gift of his music." - Bono
Albert Ayler Quotes
"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 awareness, of peace, of spirituality. That's why I regard the music he played as spiritual music -- John's way of getting closer and closer to the Creator." - Albert Ayler
source: Valerie Wilmer, As Serious As Your Life, p.31
source: Valerie Wilmer, As Serious As Your Life, p.31
John Coltrane Quotes
"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 to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups … I want to speak to their souls." - John Coltrane
Herbie Hancock Quotes
"When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends." - Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Quotes
"We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment." - Herbie Hancock
Wynton Marsalis Quotes
"I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?" - Wynton Marsalis
Yusef Lateef Quotes
"When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place." - Yusef Lateef
John Coltrane Quotes
"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." - John Coltrane
Dave Brubeck Quotes
"I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience." - Dave Brubeck
