"Given the “magisterial profession of faith rooted in hard bop with flirtations of the avant-garde,” (Holzhall, 2020) I would turn to A Love Supreme in moments of spiritual need, seeking clarity on my purpose and higher calling as Coltrane had. However, as the years pass, I’ve grown to realize that our purposes can (and should) be entirely self-created and generated by our own personal relationships with the divine, by our own mystical experiences. No matter how many times I listen to A Love Supreme, the album will never pass my true calling down to me, for it ultimately serves as John Coltrane’s attempt to find purpose in his life. This album is his higher calling, not mine. But god damn, what a higher calling it is."

"I put this on for the first time six months ago on a Saturday morning. I've been meaning to for forty years."

"Acknowledgement builds to a chant the whole band plays. they're playing the name of god. the recording captures room noise. i like that they left it in."