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John Coltrane

"I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music."

John Coltrane, American Musician
Music, Work, Exploration, First
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"I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music."

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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher
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"Harpists spend half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown
Music, Mistakes, Life, Practice
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"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist
Music, Dance, Speech, Stars
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"Music is the fertilizer for heart to bloom the flower of love and peace."

Debasish Mridha, American Author
Music, Heart, Bloom, Peace
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"Music opens the window of the soul to let the nectar of life come in."

Debasish Mridha, American Author
Music, Soul, Life, Window
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"You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture."

Sonny Terry, American Musician
Music, Ability, Culture, Deep
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"The best songs I write in 20 minutes."

Evan Dando, American Musician
Music, Songs
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"I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor
Music, Laughter, Sound, World
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"I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between. I dress funny. I play all these different styles of music on one record. It's like, What is he doing?"

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician
Music, Funny, Dress, Play
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"Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune."

Miguel De Cervantes, Spanish Novelist
Music, Soul

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