Alice coltrane & john coltrane quotes

American jazz musician (1937–2007)

Alice Lucille Coltrane (néeMcLeod; August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007), also known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda (IAST: Svāminī Turīyasaṅgītānanda) or simply Turiya, was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader.

I didn't want to be equal to him.

I didn't want to be equal to him.

I didn't have to inspire John toward the avant-garde; he did not need anything from me.

When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding.

You're creating ' it comes from the heart, the spirit, the soul.

“The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano.

An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! and other record labels.^[1] She was married to the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, with whom she performed in 1966–1967.^[2] One of the foremost proponents of spiritual jazz, her eclectic music proved influential both within and outside the world of jazz.

Coltrane's career slowed from the mid-1970s as she became more dedicated to her religious education. She founded the Vedantic Center in 1975 and the Shanti Anantam ashram in California in 1983, whe