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“You have to come to the music yourself, gradually,” Coltrane maintained. “Not everything must be received with open arms.”
― Ashley Kahn, A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album

“Whether it is labeled as sacred versus profane, gospel versus blues, God’s work versus the devil’s music, the classic (and still pervasive) African-American paradigm that holds church matters and popular culture in diametric opposition, that separates true spirituality from such music as jazz, held no sway in Coltrane’s self-erected system. How could it, when he had found salvation through a saxophone? With the clarity of youth, he divined a common source—and common goal—to both pursuits.”
― Ashley Kahn, A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album

“a unifying album boosted by good timing. “A Love Supreme reached out and influenced those people who were into peace,” recalled Miles Davis. “Hippies and people like that.”
― Ashley Kahn, A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album