Alice Coltrane

I came through the bebop era, and to me that was enough. ”

I didn't have to inspire John toward the avant-garde; he did not need anything from me. That is why it's so interesting that critics decided to dislike me. At some point the members of the quartet felt it was time for a change, and left on their own. ”

I don't feel deprived in not completing my artistic endeavors. ”

God's work was what I felt was the greater work. ”

Once, John and I were coming form a concert that he had played, and it was late in the morning. We heard a couple leaving, and the lady said, oh, I have to hurry home. I'm going to church tomorrow. And her friends said, church? You've already been to church. ”