Things change.

There's something in evolution that it just happens when its ready.

John Coltrane was born on this day in 1926. youtu.be/FqaVtqD_Ko4

To really realize something you got to make it simple.

In order to play truth, you've got to life with as much truth as you possibly can.

I am interested in almost everything.

I can always get another car, but there's only one Elvin.

Evolution is about trying.

When I stopped drinking I could play better and think better, everything. And his music [Thelonius Monk], that was... a stimulant.

“John was a very spiritual guy, but he was also very magnetic. So I understood why Elvin had to play the way he played. Because whatever you could throw at John, John was like a sponge—he absorbed it. So I realized on an energetic level how amazing John Coltrane was” —Jack

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing. The emotional reaction is all that matters.

Men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be.

I myself don't recognize the word jazz. We're sold under this name but to me, the word doesn't exist. I just feel that I play John Coltrane.

There is never any end.

I learned to watch the little things.

One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.

Music, being the expression of the human heart, does express what is happening.

Evolution is about trying.

When I stopped drinking I could play better and think better, everything. And his music [Thelonius Monk], that was... a stimulant.

I like silence.