I believe that meditation is the highest spiritual practice, the pathway to God. Alice Coltrane Read Quote
After I fulfilled my Warners contract, I really wanted to go deeper into what the Lord wanted me to do. Alice Coltrane Read Quote
Maybe other musicians are interested in different things, maybe they have greater monetary concerns. I hear people who have not changed, who haven’t elevated anything, who are the same as they were back in the ’50s and ’60s. Alice Coltrane Read Quote
When John said that he wanted me to play with him on piano, I told him that there were many others who were qualified. He said, ‘I want you there because you can do it.’ Alice Coltrane Read Quote
I didn’t have to inspire John toward the avant-garde; he did not need anything from me. That is why it’s so interesting that critics decided to dislike me. At some point the members of the quartet felt it was time for a change, and left on their own. Alice Coltrane Read Quote
You have got to stress the freedom of music to really branch out and be universal. Alice Coltrane Read Quote
Once, John and I were coming form a concert that he had played, and it was late in the morning. We heard a couple leaving, and the lady said, oh, I have to hurry home. I’m going to church tomorrow. And her friends said, church? You’ve already been to church. Alice Coltrane Read Quote
