... his heroin habit and his alcoholism. With the support of his wife and his mother, he spent an entire week in solitude, eating nothing and drinking only water. He later described beingtouched? by God during the time, and dedicated his next recording,A Love Supreme?, to his Lord. "My goal," Coltrane said as if (arising from the ashes) like a phoenix to preach hisrevelation?, "is to live ... the truly religious life, and express it through my music. If you live it, when you play there's no problem because the music is part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes v...

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... , and dedicated his next recording, "A Love Supreme,"" to the Lord. My goal, Coltrane said as if (arising from the ashes) like a phoenix to preach his "revelation,"" is to live the truly religious life, and express it through my music. If you live it, when you play there's no problem because the music is part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very ... , very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am, my faith, my ... because he chose not to bend his concepts of music in order to accommodate the pre-determinations and limitations of the audien...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School