Many people apparently don't trust their reactions to art or to music unless there is a verbal explanation for it. In music the only thing that matters is whether you feel it or not.

Ornette Coleman

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Topic

Music

Author

Ornette Coleman

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Jazz musician Musician

From

United States

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Citation

Coleman, Ornette. Change of the Century. Atlantic Records, 1960, liner notes.

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Growth was seen as an endless series of daily choices and decisions in each of which one can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science

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Topic
Facing one's fears Personal growth

Author

Abraham Maslow
Source
The Psychology of Science
Genre
Scientific literature Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Maslow, Abraham. The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance. Harper & Row, 1966, ch. 3.

Another quote about Music

I think 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. That's what music is to me-it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.

John Coltrane

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Topic
Power of music Music The universe
Speaker
John Coltrane
Source
DownBeat
Medium
Interview Magazine
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Coltrane, John. "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Interviewed by Don DeMichael. DownBeat, 12 Apr. 1962.

Current Citation

Coltrane, John. Quoted in Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties, written by Scott Saul. Harvard University Press, 2003.