Albert Ayler famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Music is the healing force of the universe.
-- Albert Ayler

#Healing #Force #Music Is
We must be as pure as our music.
-- Albert Ayler

#Music #Jazz #Jazz Music
I think I'll give them another chance. Americans deserve another chance with my music.
-- Albert Ayler

#Music #Thinking #Giving
John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he kept trying to reach new levels of awareness, of peace, of spirituality. That's why I regard the music he played as spiritual music -- John's way of getting closer and closer to the Creator.
-- Albert Ayler

#Spiritual #Trying #Levels
If people don't like my music now, they will.
-- Albert Ayler

#Music #People #Jazz
Bebop was like humming along to Mitch Miller to me.
-- Albert Ayler

#Music #Bebop #Jazz
Trane was the father. Pharoah was the son. I was the holy ghost.
-- Albert Ayler

#Music #Father #Son
If people don't like it [my music] now, they will.
-- Albert Ayler

#Music #People #Jazz
...for me the only way I can thank God for his ever-present creation is to offer him a new music impressed of a beauty which nobody had previously understood .... the music we play is one long prayer, a message coming from God
-- Albert Ayler

#Prayer #Play #Long

In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the person that you've lost again.
Do what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return.
Only force rules. Force is the first law
To attain our aim we should stop at nothing even if we must join forces with the devil.
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.
Music is the healing force of the universe.
There is a great force in renunciation of power that those who are blinded by the lust for domination cannot understand because those who truly love do not desire power.
Obviously music is my first job.
I felt that this is the only thing which helps me to have hope... a sort of religion, actually. Music is God.
Music is art, and art is an integral part of the human experience.

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